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






2. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






4. IT governance at the operational level






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






6. ISM Standard






7. NIST risk management methodology






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






9. CSO






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






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






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






13. 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)






14. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






16. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






18. Mitigates a potential risk






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






20. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






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






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






24. CISO






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






26. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






27. IRM






28. Derived from the COSO framework






29. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






30. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






31. FRAP






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






41. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






44. 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






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






46. COSO






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






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






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






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