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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






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






4. Midterm goals






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






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






7. IRM






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






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






19. 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)






20. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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






23. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






24. CSO






25. Mitigates a potential risk






26. FRAP






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






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






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






30. IT governance at the operational level






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






32. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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






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






36. CobiT






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






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






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






40. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






42. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






43. ISM Standard






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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