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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






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






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






4. An organization without any formal information security program should start with _______________________ because the implementation should be based on those security requirements.






5. Computer that has duplicate components so it can continue to operate when one of its main components fail






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






7. _______________ of the organization have the responsibility of ensuring information systems security this can include indirect personnel such as physical security personnel.






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






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






10. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






11. btaining senior management support for establishing a warm site can BEST be accomplished by ____________________ - including a cost-benefit analysis - will be most persuasive to management. A risk assessment may be included in the business case - but






12. Program that copies itself repeatedly - using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer or network






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






14. Attackers who exploit weak application authentication controls can ___________________ and this has little to do with cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.






15. The best measure for preventing the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.






16. The most fundamental evaluation criteria for the appropriate selection of any security technology is ________________________.






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






18. Provides strong online authentication.






19. Residual risk is unmanaged - i.e. - inherent risk which remains uncontrolled. This is key to the organization's _____________ and is the amount of residual risk that a business is living with that affects its viability.






20. An effective tool but primarily focuses on malicious code from external sources - and only for those applications that are online.






21. Has to be integrated into the requirements of every software application's design.






22. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






23. To improve the security governance framework and achieve a higher level of maturity _____________________ is most important.






24. From a security standpoint - _______________________ is one of the most important topics that should be included in the contract with third-party service provider.


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






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






27. Responsible for securing the information.






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






29. The BEST way to justify the implementation of a _____________________ is to use a business case. Return on investment (ROI) would only provide the costs needed to preclude specific risks - and would not provide other indirect benefits such as process






30. Most effective for evaluating the degree to which information security objectives are being met.






31. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






32. 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 -






33. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






34. When reporting an incident to senior management - the initial information to be communicated should include an explanation of _____________________ A summary of security logs would be too technical to report to senior management. An analysis of the i






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






36. New security ulnerabilities should be managed through a ________________.






37. Most effective in protecting classified data that have been encrypted to prevent disclosure and transmission outside the organization's network.






38. Any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer hardware - software - data - information - or processing capability






39. The _____________________ should be the person with the decision-making power in the department deriving the most benefit from the asset.






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






41. Warranted in circumstances where compliance may be difficult or impossible and the risk of noncompliance is outweighed by the benefits.






42. An internal review of a web-based application system finds the ability to gain access to all employees' accounts by changing the employee's ID on the URL used for accessing the account. It means _____________.






43. Information security architecture should always be _______________________. Alignment with IT plans or industry and security best practices is secondary by comparison.






44. Involves the correction of software weaknesses and would necessarily follow change management procedures.






45. Awareness training would most likely result in any attempted ____________ being challenged by the authorized employee






46. The information security manager needs to prioritize the controls based on ________________________.






47. The security manager would be most concerned with whether _____________________ than the cost of adding additional controls.






48. Should be performed to identify the risk and determine needed controls.






49. Uses security metrics to measure the performance of the information security program.






50. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.