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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. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






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






3. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






6. ISM Standard






7. FRAP






8. CobiT






9. Responsible for information classification and protection






10. Ensures managment security directives are fulfilled






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






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






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






14. Assurance of accurancy and reliability of information and systems






15. FMEA






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






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






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






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






20. NIST risk management methodology






21. Derived from the COSO framework






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






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






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






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






26. IT governance at the operational level






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






28. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






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






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






33. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






35. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






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






38. Information security managment measurements






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






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






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






42. COSO






43. Potential danger to information or systems






44. CSO






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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