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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Data classification
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Gap analysis
Exceptions to policy
2. The best measure for preventing the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.
Acceptable use policies
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Security risk
A network vulnerability assessment
3. 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
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Risk appetite
4. The most critical process for deciding which part of the information system/business process should be given prioritization in case of a security incident.It provides results - such as impact from a security incident and required response times.
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
Cost of control
5. Risk assessment is a very important process for the ___________________. Risk assessment provides information on the likelihood of occurrence of security incidence and assists in the selection of countermeasures - but not in the prioritization.
Script kiddie
Detection defenses
Regulatory compliance
Creation of a business continuity plan
6. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.
Stress testing
Malicious software and spyware
Inherent risk
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
7. Uses security metrics to measure the performance of the information security program.
Information security manager
Skills inventory
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
8. 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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9. The _____________________ should be the person with the decision-making power in the department deriving the most benefit from the asset.
Overall organizational structure
The data owner
Trusted source
Owner of the information asset
10. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally
Digital certificate
Hacker
Notifications and opt-out provisions
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
11. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Audit objectives
Background checks of prospective employees
The balanced scorecard
12. Program that copies itself repeatedly - using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer or network
Acceptable use policies
Worm
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
0-day vulnerabilities
13. A key indicator of performance measurement.
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
Protective switch covers
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
People
14. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.
Security baselines
Process of introducing changes to systems
Control effectiveness
Resource dependency assessment
15. It is easier to manage and control a _________________.
Decentralization
Centralized structure
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
Comparison of cost of achievement
16. 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
Biometric access control systems
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
Digital signatures
Cost of control
17. 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.
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
Requirements of the data owners
Role-based access control
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
18. A Successful risk management should lead to a ________________.
Information contained on the equipment
Comparison of cost of achievement
Conduct a risk assessment
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
19. When developing an information security program _________________ would help identify the available resources - any gaps and the training requirements for developing resources.
Key controls
Skills inventory
Digital certificate
Equal error rate (EER)
20. Addresses strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats. Although useful - a SWOT analysis is not as effective a tool.
Internal risk assessment
SWOT analysis
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
Information contained on the equipment
21. Reducing risk to a level too small to measure is _______________.
Rule-based access control
Overall organizational structure
Acceptable use policies
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
22. Program that hides within or looks like a legit program
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Trojan horse
Audit objectives
Methodology used in the assessment
23. A repository of historical data organized by subject to support decision makers in the org
Data warehouse
Key controls
Aligned with organizational goals
The balanced scorecard
24. Utility program that detects and protects a personal computer from unauthorized intrusions
Inherent risk
OBusiness case development
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Personal firewall
25. Information security architecture should always be _______________________. Alignment with IT plans or industry and security best practices is secondary by comparison.
Properly aligned with business goals and objectives
Cost of control
Centralized structure
Encryption
26. Responsible for securing the information.
Safeguards over keys
Virus detection
The data custodian
Logon banners
27. Accesses a computer or network illegally
Cost of control
Cracker
Use of security metrics
People
28. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.
Asset classification
Trusted source
Penetration testing
Skills inventory
29. 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
Encryption key management
Comparison of cost of achievement
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Trojan horse
30. Lists only the threats that the information asset is exposed to. It does not consider the value of the asset and impact of the threat on the value.
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
Threat assessment
Encryption
The data owner
31. In order to highlight to management the importance of network security - the security manager should FIRST _______________.
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
The data custodian
Information contained on the equipment
Conduct a risk assessment
32. Cannot be minimized
Inherent risk
People
Security code reviews for the entire software application
Conduct a risk assessment
33. 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.
The database administrator
Exceptions to policy
Data isolation
Risk appetite
34. BEST option to improve accountability for a system administrator is to _____________________.
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
The board of directors and senior management
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
include security responsibilities in a job description
35. Provide metrics to which outsourcing firms can be held accountable.
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Equal error rate (EER)
Service level agreements (SLAs)
Cyber terrorist
36. An effective tool but primarily focuses on malicious code from external sources - and only for those applications that are online.
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
Multinational organization
Virus detection
Role-based access control
37. The risk that controls may not prevent/detect an incident with a measure of control effectiveness.
Audit objectives
Control risk
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
Exceptions to policy
38. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.
Control risk
Digital signatures
IP address packet filtering
Examples of containment defenses
39. Any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer hardware - software - data - information - or processing capability
Information security manager
The data owner
Lack of change management
Security risk
40. Most effective for evaluating the degree to which information security objectives are being met.
Asset classification
Background checks of prospective employees
Control effectiveness
The balanced scorecard
41. The MOST important element of the request for proposal (RFP) ro assess the maturity level of the organization's information security management is _______________________.
Methodology used in the assessment
Resource dependency assessment
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
Encryption
42. Most effective in protecting classified data that have been encrypted to prevent disclosure and transmission outside the organization's network.
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Safeguards over keys
Patch management process
Classification of assets needs
43. Whenever personal data are transferred across national boundaries; ________________________ are required.
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
Service level agreements (SLAs)
Assess the risks to the business operation
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
44. Most effective in providing reasonable assurance of physical access compliance to an unmanned server room controlled with biometric devices.
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
Regular review of access control lists
Transmit e-mail messages
Conduct a risk assessment
45. 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. .
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
Return on security investment (ROSI)
Classification of assets needs
Biometric access control systems
46. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.
Applying the proper classification to the data
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
The authentication process is broken
Requirements of the data owners
47. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.
Information security manager
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Logon banners
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
48. Culture has a significant impact on how information security will be implemented in a ______________________.
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Security baselines
All personnel
Multinational organization
49. The risk that has been assumed by a third party and may not necessarily be equal to the minimal form of residual risk.
Examples of containment defenses
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
Transferred risk
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
50. When mobile equipment is lost or stolen - the ______________________ matters most in determining the impact of the loss.
Role-based policy
Information contained on the equipment
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Cross-site scripting attacks