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






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






3. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






5. NIST risk management methodology






6. Midterm goals






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






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






9. IT governance at the operational level






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






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






12. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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






15. CISO






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






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






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






19. IRM






20. FMEA






21. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






33. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






34. OCTAVE






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






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






37. 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)






38. Information security managment measurements






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






40. CobiT






41. Responsible for information classification and protection






42. FRAP






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






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






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






46. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






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






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