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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. Potential danger to information or systems






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






3. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard






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






5. CISO






6. FMEA






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






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






9. CobiT






10. FRAP






11. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)






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






13. IRM






14. ISM Standard






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






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






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






18. Responsible for information classification and protection






19. Midterm goals






20. Mitigates a potential risk






21. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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






24. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






26. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






28. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






29. IT governance at the operational level






30. The asset's value multiplied by the EF percentage - (SLE)






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






32. 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






33. Establish - implement - control and improve the Information Security Managment System (based on BS7799 Part 2)






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






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






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






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






38. Framework/set of best practices that define goals for controls used to properly manage IT and to ensure IT maps to business needs






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






40. Plan and Organize - Implement - Operate and Maintain - Monitor and Evaluate






41. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






42. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






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






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






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






48. COSO






49. Used in assurance risk mgmt - methodical way to ID major failure modes (not useful for complex failure modes)






50. OCTAVE