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Comptia Security +: Assessment And Risk Mgmt

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1. ISM Standard






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






3. Corporate governance at the strategic level






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






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






6. Information security managment measurements






7. CISO






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






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






10. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






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






12. NIST risk management methodology






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






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






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






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






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






18. CSO






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






20. COSO






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






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






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






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






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






26. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






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






29. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






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






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






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






34. IRM






35. FMEA






36. Hp OpenView - Nmap - Qualys - Solana Networks - SolarWinds are all network _____________






37. Risk assessment that is scenario based - ranks threats and countermeasures - uses experience - judgment - intuition and opinion






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






39. Derived from the COSO framework






40. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






47. Mitigates a potential risk






48. Responsible for information classification and protection






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






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