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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. Provides a cost/benefit comparision






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






3. Information security managment measurements






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






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






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






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






8. Possiblity of damage and the ramifications should it occur






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






10. Mitigates a potential risk






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






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






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






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






16. CISO






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






18. Collection of controls an organization must have in place






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. CobiT






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






27. IRM






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






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






30. Guide to illustrate how to protect personal health information






31. 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






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






33. Derived from the COSO framework






34. Potential danger to information or systems






35. The likelihood of exploitation and the loss potential






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






37. Strategic - tactical and operational planning






38. SLE x ARO - (ALE)






39. A tool that maps weaknesses of systems / networks by scanning for ports - checking for applications - determining OS and patch level - and attempting exploits






40. ISM Standard






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






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






43. 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






44. Ensures necessary level of secrecy and prevents unauthorized disclosure






45. CSO






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






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






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






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






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