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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. Mitigates a potential risk






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






3. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






4. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






5. Information security managment measurements






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. CISO






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






31. COSO






32. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






34. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






36. FMEA






37. IRM






38. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






39. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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






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






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






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






45. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






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






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






48. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






49. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






50. Corporate governance at the strategic level