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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. COSO






2. NIST risk management methodology






3. Ensures reliable timely access to data/resources to authorized individuals






4. Control environment - company culture - Risk assessment - manage change - Control activities - policies - procedures - practices - Information and communication - right people - info - time - Monitoring - detect and respond






5. Provides good practice advice on ISMS (ISO 17799)(based on BS7799 Part 1)






6. CISO






7. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






8. A tool that monitors network traffic - shows data and protocols in use - also known as a packet sniffer (i.e wireshark - TCPDump - Microsoft Network Monitor - Carnivore)






9. A process to ID assests and their value - ID vulnerabilities and threats - quantify probability and impact of threats - provide balance between impact and cost






10. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion






11. An open source password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - stores previously cracked passwords - uses unshadow to merge password /shadow files






12. A weakness (software - hardware - procedural - human) that can be exploited






13. A method of ID vulnerabililties and threats and assessing possible impacts to determine where to implement security safeguards






14. IT governance at the operational level






15. Controls that include policies - standards - procedures -risk management - personnel screening - training - change control






16. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






17. Made up of ten domains - a mechanism to describe security processes






18. Tools to ID - develop - and design security requirements for business needs






19. Daily goals focused on productivity and task-oriented activities






20. Corporate governance at the strategic level






21. ISM Standard






22. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach






23. Controls that implement access control - password mangement - identification and authentication methods - configuration






24. OCTAVE






25. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






26. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting






27. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners






28. ____________ can discover network devices / application - check password strength - measure internal / external access - analyze vulnerabilities in NOS - test response to DOS attacks






29. Event levels available for logging in a MS DNS server






30. Responsible for communicating to senior mgmt organizational risks and compliance regulations






31. Legal term used to determine liability - acting responsibly - have lower risk of liability due to security breach






32. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






33. CSO






34. Type of audit that checks that accounts - groups and roles are correctly assigned






35. Type of audit that checks that network resources - systems and software are used appropriately






36. A plan of action to deal with risks defined in the risk assessment - may remediate or transfer risk






37. IRM






38. This type of testing scans for vulnerabilities - attacks to determine extent - tests countermeasures by circumvention - and can be internal or external






39. Midterm goals






40. Long-term goals focused on risk managment - compliance - security responsiblities - continual improvement - using security to attract customers






41. FMEA






42. Plan and Organize - Acquire and Implement - Deliver and Support - Monitor and Evaluate






43. Risk mgmt method with much broader focus than IT security






44. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.






45. An instance of being exposed to losses from a threat






46. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)






47. __________ loss has a negative effect after a vulnerability is initially exploited






48. Risk mgmt method created by Carnegie Mellon University - people manage/direct the risk evaluation for IT security in a company






49. Derived from the COSO framework






50. De facto standard of best practices for IT service mgmt