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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. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






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






5. Corporate governance at the strategic level






6. IT governance at the operational level






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






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






9. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






10. IRM






11. CobiT






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






13. CISO






14. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






15. Potential danger to information or systems






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






17. Derived from the COSO framework






18. 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






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






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






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






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






23. ISM Standard






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






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






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






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






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






29. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






30. FMEA






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






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






33. FRAP






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






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






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






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






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






39. Responsible for information classification and protection






40. CSO






41. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






44. 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






45. Information security managment measurements






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






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






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






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






50. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems