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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. ISM Standard






14. Information security managment measurements






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






16. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






19. 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






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






21. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






24. Midterm goals






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






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






27. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






28. IRM






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






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






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






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






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






34. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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






37. Potential danger to information or systems






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






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






40. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






42. Mitigates a potential risk






43. CSO






44. CobiT






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






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






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






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






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






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