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






2. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






3. CobiT






4. Corporate governance at the strategic level






5. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. FRAP






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






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






18. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






21. 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






22. ISM Standard






23. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






25. OCTAVE






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. CISO






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






39. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






42. Information security managment measurements






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






44. CSO






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






46. COSO






47. Midterm goals






48. FMEA






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






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