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InfoSec Ch 12
Principles of Information Security 3e
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Undergraduate 2
03/03/2010

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trouble ticket
Definition
A process of tracking problems reported to an informatin technology help desk.
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Configuration Management
Definition
The administration of the configuration of the components of a system.
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Change Management
Definition
The administration of changes in strategy, operations, or components of the information security program.
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Chargeback Accounting
Definition
A method for organizations to internally charge their departments for system use.
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Auditing
Definition
A process of reviewing the use of a system, not to check performance but rather to determine if misuse or malfeasance has occured.
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Performance Baseline
Definition
An expected level of system performance against which all subsequent levels of performance are compared.
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External Monitoring Domain
Definition
The sector of a maintenance model that provides early awareness of new and emerging threats, threat agents, vulnerabilities, and attacks that the organization needs in order to mount an effective and timely defense.
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Internal Monitoring Domain
Definition
the sector of a maintinence model whose primary goal is to maintain an informed awarness of the state fo allof the organizations networks, information systems, and information security defenses.
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Difference Analysis
Definition
A procedure that compares the current state of a network segment (the systems and services it offers) against a known previous state of that same network segmant (the baseline of systems and services.)
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Planning and Risk Assessment Domain
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The domain of the secuirty maintenance model concerned with keeping a lookout on the entire information security program by identifying and planning organization information security activities that furthr reduce risk.
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Vulnerability Assessment
Definition
The process of identifying and documenting spcific and provable flaws in the organization's information asset enviorment.
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