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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






2. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






4. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






13. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






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






17. Type of audit that checks procedures and policies for escalating issues to management






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






19. COSO






20. A log that can record outgoing requests - incoming traffic - and internet usage






21. Derived from the COSO framework






22. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






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






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






27. Controls that manage facility access - locking systems - media sanitation - intrusion monitoring - environmental






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






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






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






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






32. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






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






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






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






38. CISO






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






40. FRAP






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






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






43. OCTAVE






44. Mitigates a potential risk






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






46. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






47. 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






48. 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)






49. Used to predict changes based on trends - detect deviations - and watch events across multiple system components






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