CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner
(CASP) CAS-003, CH3: Key Terms (Reverse
Definitions)
Ans: informative security policy
A list of permissions attached to an object, including files, folders, servers, routers, and so on.
Such rule sets can be implemented on firewalls, switches, and other infrastructure devices to
control access. Ans: access control list (ACL)
A security control that is implemented to administer an organization's assets and personnel and
includes security policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines that are established by
management. Ans: administrative control
Ans: advisory security policy
Ans: annualized loss expectancy (ALE)
Ans: annualized rate of occurrence (ARO)
Any object that is of value to an organization, including personnel, facilities, devices, and so on.
Ans: asset
Ans: asset value (AV)
A value that describes what percentage of the time a resource or data is available. The tenet of
the CIA triad that ensures that data is accessible when and where it is needed. Ans: availability
An information security governance component that acts as a reference point that is defined and
captured to be used as a future reference. Both security and performance baselines are used.
Ans: baseline
A plan that considers all aspects that are affected by a disaster, including functions, systems,
personnel, and facilities, and lists and prioritizes the services that are needed, particularly the
telecommunications and IT functions. Ans: business continuity plan (BCP)
Ans: checksum
Ans: clandestine
A security control that substitutes for a primary access control and mainly acts as a mitigation to
risks. Ans: compensative control
, The tenet of the CIA triad which ensures that data is protected from unauthorized disclosure.
Ans: confidentiality
A business continuity document that considers all aspects that are affected by a disaster,
including functions, systems, personnel, and facilities and that lists and prioritizes the services
that are needed, particularly the telecommunications and IT functions. Ans: continuity of
operations plan (COOP)
A security control the reduces the effect of an attack or another undesirable event. Ans:
corrective control
Ans: countermeasure
Ans: covert
A plan that documents standard procedures for internal and external communications in the event
of a disruption using a crisis communications plan. It also provides various formats for
communications appropriate to the incident. Ans: crisis communications plan
A set of policies and procedures that serve to protect and recover assets and mitigate risks and
vulnerabilities. Ans: critical infrastructure protection (CIP) plan
A plan that establishes procedures to address cyber attacks against an organization's information
system(s). Ans: cyber incident response plan
A security control that detects an attack while is is occurring to alert appropriate personnel. Ans:
detective control
A security control that deters potential attacks. Ans: deterrent control
A method of providing sender authentication and message integrity. The messages acts as an
input to a hash function, and the sender's private key encrypts the hash value. The receiver can
perform a hash computation on the received message to determine the validity of the message.
Ans: digital signature
A security control that specifies an acceptable practice in an organization. Ans: directive control
An information system focused plan deigned to restore operability of the target system,
application, or computer facility infrastructure at an alternate site after an emergency. Ans:
disaster recovery plan (DRP)
Ans: encryption
Ans: exposure factor (EF)
(CASP) CAS-003, CH3: Key Terms (Reverse
Definitions)
Ans: informative security policy
A list of permissions attached to an object, including files, folders, servers, routers, and so on.
Such rule sets can be implemented on firewalls, switches, and other infrastructure devices to
control access. Ans: access control list (ACL)
A security control that is implemented to administer an organization's assets and personnel and
includes security policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines that are established by
management. Ans: administrative control
Ans: advisory security policy
Ans: annualized loss expectancy (ALE)
Ans: annualized rate of occurrence (ARO)
Any object that is of value to an organization, including personnel, facilities, devices, and so on.
Ans: asset
Ans: asset value (AV)
A value that describes what percentage of the time a resource or data is available. The tenet of
the CIA triad that ensures that data is accessible when and where it is needed. Ans: availability
An information security governance component that acts as a reference point that is defined and
captured to be used as a future reference. Both security and performance baselines are used.
Ans: baseline
A plan that considers all aspects that are affected by a disaster, including functions, systems,
personnel, and facilities, and lists and prioritizes the services that are needed, particularly the
telecommunications and IT functions. Ans: business continuity plan (BCP)
Ans: checksum
Ans: clandestine
A security control that substitutes for a primary access control and mainly acts as a mitigation to
risks. Ans: compensative control
, The tenet of the CIA triad which ensures that data is protected from unauthorized disclosure.
Ans: confidentiality
A business continuity document that considers all aspects that are affected by a disaster,
including functions, systems, personnel, and facilities and that lists and prioritizes the services
that are needed, particularly the telecommunications and IT functions. Ans: continuity of
operations plan (COOP)
A security control the reduces the effect of an attack or another undesirable event. Ans:
corrective control
Ans: countermeasure
Ans: covert
A plan that documents standard procedures for internal and external communications in the event
of a disruption using a crisis communications plan. It also provides various formats for
communications appropriate to the incident. Ans: crisis communications plan
A set of policies and procedures that serve to protect and recover assets and mitigate risks and
vulnerabilities. Ans: critical infrastructure protection (CIP) plan
A plan that establishes procedures to address cyber attacks against an organization's information
system(s). Ans: cyber incident response plan
A security control that detects an attack while is is occurring to alert appropriate personnel. Ans:
detective control
A security control that deters potential attacks. Ans: deterrent control
A method of providing sender authentication and message integrity. The messages acts as an
input to a hash function, and the sender's private key encrypts the hash value. The receiver can
perform a hash computation on the received message to determine the validity of the message.
Ans: digital signature
A security control that specifies an acceptable practice in an organization. Ans: directive control
An information system focused plan deigned to restore operability of the target system,
application, or computer facility infrastructure at an alternate site after an emergency. Ans:
disaster recovery plan (DRP)
Ans: encryption
Ans: exposure factor (EF)
