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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The risk that controls may not prevent/detect an incident with a measure of control effectiveness.






2. It is more efficient to establish a ___________________for locations that must meet specific requirements.






3. Identification and _______________ of business risk enables project managers to address areas with most significance.






4. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






5. The most relevant piece of information to include in a cost-benefit analysis of a two-factor authentication system - it would establish a cost baseline and it must be considered for the full life cycle of the control. .






6. The best indicator of the level of compliance with the service level agreement ( SLA ) data confidentiality clauses.






7. Provide metrics to which outsourcing firms can be held accountable.






8. Would reduce the possibility of an individual accidentally pressing the power button on a device - thereby turning off the device.






9. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






10. Responsible for securing the information.






11. Inject malformed input.






12. Attackers who exploit flawed ___________________________________ can sniff network traffic and crack keys to gain unauthorized access to information.






13. To identify known vulnerabilities based on common misconfigurations and missing updates.






14. It is easier to manage and control a _________________.






15. When the ________________ is more than the cost of the risk - the risk should be accepted.






16. Should be a standard requirement for the service provider.






17. An information security manager has to impress upon the human resources department the need for _____________________.






18. n a _________________________ - the annual cost of safeguards is compared with the expected cost of loss. This can then be used to justify a specific control measure.






19. The first step in a risk analysis process to determine the impact to the organization - which is the ultimate goal.






20. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.






21. A notice that guarantees a user or a web site is legitimate






22. The job of the information security officer on a management team is to ___________________.






23. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.






24. The weakest link in security implementation - and awareness would reduce this risk. Through security awareness and training programs - individual employees can be informed and sensitized on various security policies and other security topics - thus e






25. While useful for identifying the difference between the current state and the desired future state - e.g. organization has to comply with recently published industry regulatory requirements compliance that potentially has high implementation costs -






26. When considering the value of assets ______________________ would give the information security manager the MOST objective basis for measurement of value delivery in information security governance






27. Most effective in providing reasonable assurance of physical access compliance to an unmanned server room controlled with biometric devices.






28. By definition are not previously known and therefore are undetectable.






29. A trusted third party that attests to the identity of the signatory - and reliance will be a function of the level of trust afforded the CA.






30. Occurs when the incoming level






31. When developing an information security program _________________ would help identify the available resources - any gaps and the training requirements for developing resources.






32. Information security governance models are highly dependent on the _____________________.






33. Because past performance is a strong predictor of future performance - _______________________ best prevents attacks from originating within an organization.






34. The MOST effective way to ensure network users are aware of their responsibilities to comply with an organization's security requirements is - ______________ would appear every time the user logs on - and the user would be required to read and agree






35. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






36. Using public key infrastructure (PKI) is currently accepted as the most secure method to _____________.






37. In order to highlight to management the importance of network security - the security manager should FIRST _______________.






38. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.






39. When defining the information classification policy - the ___________________ need to be identified.






40. When mobile equipment is lost or stolen - the ______________________ matters most in determining the impact of the loss.






41. In assessing the degree to which an organization may be affected by new privacy legislation - information security management should first _____________________.






42. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






43. A repository of historical data organized by subject to support decision makers in the org






44. S small warehouse - designed for the end-user needs in a strategic business unit






45. BEST option to improve accountability for a system administrator is to _____________________.






46. The starting point for driving management's attention to information security. All other choices will follow the risk assessment.






47. Should PRIMARILY be based on regulatory and legal requirements.






48. The risk that remains after putting into place an effective risk management program; therefore - acceptable risk is achieved when this amount is minimized.






49. Reducing risk to a level too small to measure is _______________.






50. Needs to define the access rules - which is troublesome and error prone in large organizations.