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






2. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






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






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






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






7. OCTAVE






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






9. 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






10. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






11. 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)






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






13. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






14. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






15. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






16. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. CISO






24. Information security managment measurements






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






26. IT governance at the operational level






27. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






28. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






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






32. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






34. Midterm goals






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






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






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






38. CSO






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






40. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






43. COSO






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






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






46. ISM Standard






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






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






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






50. IRM