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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 MOST important element of an information security strategy.






2. A method for analyzing and reducing a relational database to its most streamlined form






3. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






4. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






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






6. A Successful risk management should lead to a ________________.






7. Logging as well as monitoring - measuring - auditing - detecting viruses and intrusion.






8. Are not infallible. When tuning the solution - one has to adjust the sensitivity level to give preference either to false reject rate (type I error rate) where the system will be more prone to err denying access to a valid user or erring and allowing






9. Determined by the business risk - i.e. - the potential impact on the business of the loss - corruption or disclosure of information. It must be applied to information in all forms - both electronic and physical (paper) - and should be applied by the






10. Program that hides within or looks like a legit program






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






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






13. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






14. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.






15. Only valid if assets have first been identified and appropriately valued.






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






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






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. Company or person you believe will not send a virus-infect file knowingly






20. 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






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






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






23. The primary role of the information security manager in the process of information classification within the organization.






24. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






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






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






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

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28. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






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






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






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






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






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






34. The risk that has been assumed by a third party and may not necessarily be equal to the minimal form of residual risk.






35. The PRIMARY goal in developing an information security strategy is to: _________________________.






36. The _____________________is a severe omission and will greatly increase information security risk. Presents the GREATEST information security risk for an organization with multiple - but small - domestic processing locations






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






38. A key indicator of performance measurement.






39. 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






40. provides the most effective protection of data on mobile devices.






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






42. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






43. In biometric systems where the possibility of false rejects is a problem - it may be necessary to reduce sensitivity and thereby increase the number of false accepts.






44. A tool to be used in internal control assessment. KRI setup presents a threshold to alert management when controls are being compromised in business processes. This is a control tool rather than a maturity model support tool.






45. 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






46. The BEST justification to convince management to invest in an information security program is that doing so would _________________.






47. Responsible for assigning user entitlements and approving access to the systems for which they are responsible.






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






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






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