LPI Security Essentials Study Guide

Chapter 7Risk Assessment

THE LPI SECURITY ESSENTIALS EXAM OBJECTIVES COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING:

• 021.2 Risk assessment and management
  • Know common sources for security information
  • Understanding of security incident classification schema and important types of security vulnerabilities
  • Understanding of the concepts of security assessments and IT forensics
• 021.3 Ethical behavior
  • Awareness of legal implications of security scans, assessments, and attacks

When we teach the topic of risk management to IT professionals, what we're really doing is showing them how to break into private systems, grab private data, and inflict maximum chaos and mayhem on as many private resources as possible. ...