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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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






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






3. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory






4. Used to understand the flow of one process into another.






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






6. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






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






8. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






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






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






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






12. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






13. 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 -






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






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






16. Will associate data access with the role performed by an individual - thus restricting access to data required to perform the individual's tasks.






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






18. 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






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






20. Helps to define the minimum acceptable security that will be implemented to protect the information resources in accordance with the respective criticality levels.






21. Can be a standalone driver for an information security governance measure. No further analysis nor justification is required since the entity has no choice in the regulatory requirements.






22. A function of the session keys distributed by the PKI.






23. The risk that controls may not prevent/detect an incident with a measure of control effectiveness.






24. Programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter a computer's operations






25. Can be used to detect an external attack but would not help in authenticating a user attempting to connect.






26. Provides strong online authentication.






27. Provide minimum recommended settings and do not prevent introduction of control weaknesses.'






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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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35. Potentially damaging computer program that affects - or infects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works






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






37. 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






38. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






40. 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 _____________.






41. Ensure that transmitted information can be attributed to the named sender.






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






43. The best measure and will involve reviewing the entire source code to detect all instances of back doors.






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. Utility program that detects and protects a personal computer from unauthorized intrusions






46. Will prevent unauthorized access to the laptop even when the laptop is lost or stolen.






47. 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






48. Same intent as a cracker but does not have the technical skills and knowledge






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






50. 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







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