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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. NIST risk management methodology






2. Number of time the incident might occur annually - (ARO)






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






4. Responsible for information classification and protection






5. CISO






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






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






8. CSO






9. The tools - personnel and business processes necessary to ensure that security meets needs






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






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






12. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






13. OCTAVE






14. Focus on service level agreements between IT dept and internal customers






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






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






17. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






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






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






22. A quantative risk assesment process that allows for tests to be conducted to allow users to determine areas that require a risk analysis






23. An open language from mitre.org for determining vulnerabilities and problems on computer systems






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. ISM Standard






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Potential danger to information or systems






42. Mitigates a potential risk






43. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






44. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






45. IRM






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






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






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






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






50. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential