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Domain 1 - Security & Risk Management Flashcards

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Incident

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Some sort of occurrence or event

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Breach

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An occurrence or event that has a negative outcome

A countermeasure being bypassed or rendered ineffective

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Disclosure

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Making ‘secret’ information ‘public’

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Patent

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A set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor for a limited period of time (typically 20 years), in exchange for public disclosure.

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Copyright

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Protects published or unpublished original work (for the duration of the authors life, plus 50 years) from unauthorized duplication without due credit and compensation.

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Trademark

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A recognizable sign, design, or unique expression related to products or services of a particular source from those of others, usually called service marks.

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Three major International intellectual-property protection treaties are…

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Berne Convention
Universal Copyright Convention
WIPO Copyright Treaty

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The five rights associated with a copyright

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[ R A M P D ]
Reproduce the work in any form, language, or medium
Adapt or derive more works from it
Make and distribute its copies
Perform it in public
Display it in public
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International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)

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What is considered exportable

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Export Administration Regulations (EAR)

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Under what conditions we can export

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The Wassenaar Arrangement

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Dual-use goods

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What are the OECD Principles?

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Organization for Economic Cooperations and Development

Eight Core Principles:

  1. Collections Limitation
  2. Data Quality
  3. Purpose Specification
  4. Use Limitation
  5. Security Safeguards
  6. Openness
  7. Individual Participation
  8. Data Controller Accountability
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(ISC)2 Code of Professional Ethics

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  1. Protect society, the commonwealth, and the infrastructure (Do no harm, Protect life FIRST)
  2. Act honorable, honestly, justly, responsible, and legally
  3. Provide diligently and competent service to principals
  4. Advance and protect the profession

“Safety of the commonwealth, duty to our principals, and to each other requires that we adhere, and be seen to adhere, to the highest ethical standards of behavior.”

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Security Policy

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Direction from senior management (Strategic)

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Standard

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Formalized

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Procedure

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Step-by-step method of accomplishing something (Tactical)

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Guideline

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Best Practice recommendation

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Business Impact Analysis (BIA) goals

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  1. Determine Criticality
  2. Estimate Maximum downtime
  3. Evaluate Internal and External Resource Requirements
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Business Impact Analysis (BIA) process steps

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  1. Gather requirements/info
  2. Vulnerability assessment
  3. Risk Analysis
    + QUANT-itative (ALE = SLE * ARO)
    - Facts, numbers, money
    + QUAL-itative
  4. Communicate findings
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RTO

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Recovery Time Objective

The amount of time that would be a sweet spot to get a system back online in.

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RPO

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Recovery Point Objective

Data or information that we are willing to walk away from in order to restore (Backup time)

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Risk

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The probability that a given threat sources will exercise a particular vulnerability and the resulting impact should that occur

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Threat

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An event or situation that if it occurred, would prevent the organization from operating in its normal manner

A potential occurrence that may cause an undesirable outcome

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Vulnerability

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Weakness

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Likelihood

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Chance that something might happen

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Impact

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What a threat will cost (quantitative/qualitative)

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Countermeasure (control)

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Mechanism applied to minimize risk

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Residual Risk

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Remaining risks after all the countermeasures/controls have been applied

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Risk Assessment Process (NIST SP800-30R1)

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Step 1: Prepare for assessment

Step 2: Conduct assessment

a) Identify threat sources and events
b) Identify vulnerabilities and predisposing conditions
c) Determine likelihood or occurrence
d) Determine magnitude of impact
e) Determine risk

Step 3: Communicate results

Step 4: Maintain assessment

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Risk Response

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  1. Avoid (choose not to engage in activities that lead to risk)
  2. Accept (agree to carry on activities knowing risk)
  3. Transfer (insurance)
  4. Mitigate
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Countermeasure selection and implementation

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Cost
Effectiveness
Appropriateness

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Types of Controls

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Physical
Administrative
Logical (Technical)

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Seven Types of Control

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  1. Directive
  2. Deterrent
  3. Preventative
  4. Compensating
  5. Detective
  6. Corrective
  7. Recovery
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Tailoring

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Filtering

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Scoping

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Deciding what is in and what is out. What are you going to focus on. Think rifle scope.

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Security Control Assessment (SAC)

Penetration Test Methodology

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  1. Reconnaissance
  2. Enumeration
  3. Vulnerability Analysis
  4. Execution / Exploitation
  5. Document findings
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Process Steps for Qualitative Assessment

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  1. Seek Senior Mgmt Approval
  2. Form a risk assessment team
  3. Analyze Data
  4. Calculate Risk
  5. Countermeasure Recommendations
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The Deming Cycle (PDCA) is part of which stage of the process?

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Continuous Improvement (CI)

39
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PDCA stands for what?

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Plan
Do
Check
Act

40
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COSO is a risk management framework associated with which sector?

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Financial - Reporting and Disclosure Objectives

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What are the 5 Lifecycle Phases of ITIL?

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  1. Service STRATEGY
  2. Service DESIGN
  3. Service TRANSITION
  4. Service OPERATION
  5. Continual Service Improvement (CSI)
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COBIT

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IT Governance Framework

Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC)

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What is the NIST document number for ‘Guide to Conducting Risk Assessments’?

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NIST800-30R1

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What is ‘threat modeling’?

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A process by which potential threats, such as structural vulnerabilities can be identified, enumerated, and prioritized - all from a hypothetical attackers point of view.

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What are the 5 steps in the threat modeling process?

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  1. Identify Security Objectives
  2. Survey the Application / System
  3. Decompose it
  4. Identify Threats
  5. Identify Vulnerabilities
46
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What type of model is STRIDE?

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Threat Model

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What type of model is OCTAVE?

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Threat Model

48
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Which thread model(s) would be used to provide a visual representation based on Data Flow Diagrams?

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PASTA

TRIKE

49
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Which thread model(s) would be used to provide a visual representation based on Process Flow Diagrams?

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VAST

50
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What is the NIST document number for ‘Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Federal Information Systems and Organizations’?

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NIST800-SP161

51
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How does a SLA differ from a SLR?

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SLA is a contract between you the customer and the vendor around certain minimum guarantees for service

SLR is a list of the things that the service must provide

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What is the role of a Data Owner?

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Responsible for data classification

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What is the role of the Data Custodian?

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Responsible for implementing data protections at the direction of the Data Owner

Performs all activities necessary to provide CIA protection.

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What is another name for a user?

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Subject

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What is another name for data?

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Object

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What is an Asset?

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Anything within the organization that has value and should be afforded CIA protections

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What is Asset Valuation?

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Dollar value assigned to an asset

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What is deployed to mitigate risk?

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Safeguard
Control
Countermeasure

59
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Define ‘attack’

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The exploitation of a vulnerability by a threat agent

60
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Formula to determine ALE

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ALE = SLE * ARO

61
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What is Governance

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All about Oversight
Due Care
Due Diligence
Guidance from Sr Mgmt

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What is CRIMINAL law?

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Harms done to one of more individuals or organizations

JAIL TIME

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What is CIVIL law?

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Interactions between business and the individual

FINANCIAL PENALTY

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What is ADMINISTRATIVE law?

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Day-to-day oversight and regulation

CISSP (2020) (3 decks)

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