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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. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






5. Guide assist in the implemenation of information security based on risk managent approach






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






7. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






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






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






11. IRM






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






13. FMEA






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






15. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






18. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






20. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits






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






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






23. Potential danger to information or systems






24. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






36. CSO






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






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






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






40. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






43. 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)






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






45. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






46. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






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






49. ISM Standard






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