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






2. ISM Standard






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






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






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






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






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






8. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






11. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






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






14. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






16. Derived from the COSO framework






17. Midterm goals






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






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






20. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






23. IRM






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






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






26. OCTAVE






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






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






29. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






30. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






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






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






35. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. IT governance at the operational level






45. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






48. FMEA






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






50. Collection of controls an organization must have in place