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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. CobiT






2. Responsible for developing: security awareness program - budget for information security related activities; policies - procdures - and guidelines - a security compliance program - and metrics






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






4. Information security managment measurements






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






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






7. _______________ can test IDS - detect network congestion - detect bad / failing equipment - detect high processor loads - must be NOS appropriate






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






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






10. IRM






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






12. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






13. IT governance at the operational level






14. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






16. FRAP






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






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






19. Derived from the COSO framework






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






21. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






22. Security policy - map business objectives to security - Security infrastructure - security officer - reviews - Assest classification/control - inventory - Personnel security - screening - training - roles - Physical security - Communication/operation






23. An password cracker that uses dictionary and brute force attacks - rainbow tables - can test password strength and recover passwords - was originally free - but now a commercial product






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






25. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






26. A commercial password cracker that can test password strength and recover passwords; and perform dictionary and brute force attacks






27. Mitigates a potential risk






28. Expected or predetermined performance level - developed from policy - performance - requirements






29. Physical damage - human interaction - equip malfunction - misuse of data - loss of data - application error






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






31. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits






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






33. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________






34. Port scanners - vulnerability scanners - protocol analyzers - password crackers - network mappers - open vulnerability and assessment language (OVAL) are all tool used in a ___________________ assessment






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. Used to ID failures in a complex systems to understand underlying causes of threats






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






39. Method of ID functions and their failures - causes of failures their effect - originally designed for systems engineering






40. FMEA






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






42. Type of audit that checks information classification and change control procedures






43. Responsible for information classification and protection






44. CISO






45. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






46. COSO






47. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






48. ISM Standard






49. OCTAVE






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