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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






2. 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)






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






4. Responsible for information classification and protection






5. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






8. Developed by the Treadway Commission in 1985 to deal with fraudulent financial activities and reporting






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






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






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






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






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






14. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






15. 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






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






17. Process of ID and assessing risk - reducing to acceptable level - implementing mechanisms to maintain.






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






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






20. FMEA






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






22. IT governance at the operational level






23. FRAP






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






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






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






27. ISM Standard






28. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






29. COSO






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






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






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






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






34. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






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






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






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






39. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Mitigates a potential risk






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






50. 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