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






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






3. ISM Standard






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






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






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






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






8. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






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






12. Responsible for information classification and protection






13. FRAP






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






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






16. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






18. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






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






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






23. Midterm goals






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






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






26. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






27. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






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






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






31. CSO






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






33. FMEA






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






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






36. OCTAVE






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






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






39. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






40. 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)






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






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






43. Derived from the COSO framework






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






45. COSO






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






47. NIST risk management methodology






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






49. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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