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






2. COSO






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. CISO






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






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






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






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






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






18. ISM Standard






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






20. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






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






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






25. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






27. Mitigates a potential risk






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






29. Potential danger to information or systems






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






31. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






33. IRM






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






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






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






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






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






39. Internationally recognized Information Security Management standard - provides high level conceptual recomendations on enterprise security - brish standard






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






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






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






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






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






45. CSO






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






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






48. 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






49. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






50. Provides a cost/benefit comparision