Control Types(Ch 1) Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Administrative Control | referred to as "soft controls" examples are: security documentation, risk management, personal security, training |
Technical Control | referred to as "logical controls" examples are: software or hardware components, firewalls, IDS, IPS,encryption etc |
Physical Control | put in place to protect facility, personnel or resources examples: Security Guards, Locks, Fencing, Lighting |
Control Countermeasure | Control put into place to mitigate a potential risk |
Exposure | An instance of being exposed to losses |
Risk | The likelihood of a threat source exploiting a vulnerability and the corresponding business impact |
Threat Agent | An entity that takes advantage of a vulnerability |
Threat | Any potential danger that is associated with the exploitation of a vulnerability |
Vulnerability | A weakness: a lack of a safegard |
Exploit | Instance of compromise |
Controls | Protective mechanisms to secure vulnerablilities |
Secondary Risks | Risk event that comes as a result of another risk response |
Residual Risk | The amount of risk left over after a risk response |
Fallback Plan | "Plan B" |
Workaround | Unplanned Response (for unidentified risk or when other responses don't work.) |
Attack Tree | The branches that are created by each decision point of an attack . |
Risk Assessment | A method of identifying vulnerabilities and threats and assessing the possible impacts to determine where to implement security controls. |
Due Care | An organization took all reasonable measures to prevent security breaches and also took steps to mitigate damages caused by successful breaches. |
Due Diligence | An organization investigated all vulnerabilities. This includes performing audits and assessments to ensure that the organization is protected. |
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