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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. FMEA






8. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






16. Mitigates a potential risk






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






18. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






20. 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






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






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






23. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






24. 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)






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






26. Potential danger to information or systems






27. 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






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






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






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






31. The following tools (Nessus - Qualys - Retina) are ______________ scanners






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






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






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






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






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






37. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






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






41. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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