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






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






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






4. OCTAVE






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






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






7. ISM Standard






8. Mitigates a potential risk






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






10. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






11. Information security managment measurements






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






13. CSO






14. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






15. Derived from the COSO framework






16. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






27. COSO






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






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






30. Potential danger to information or systems






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






32. This tool scans network devices listening for open ports - (i.e. Nmap - scanmetender - superscan - NHS nohack scanner)






33. FRAP






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






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






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






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






38. FMEA






39. IRM






40. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






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






44. 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)






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






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






47. Percentage of an asset's value that would be lost in a single incident - (EF)






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






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






50. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential