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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. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






3. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






4. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






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






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






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






9. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






11. Mitigates a potential risk






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






13. FRAP






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Information security managment measurements






21. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






23. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






26. IRM






27. ISM Standard






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






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






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






31. 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






32. IT governance at the operational level






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






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






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






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






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






38. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






41. CSO






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






43. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






46. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






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






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