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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Helps to define the minimum acceptable security that will be implemented to protect the information resources in accordance with the respective criticality levels.






2. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.






3. 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






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






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






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






7. Primarily reduce risk and are most effective for the protection of information assets.






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






9. Also required to guarantee fulfillment of laws and regulations of the organization and - therefore - the information security manager will be obligated to comply with the law.






10. 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






11. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






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






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






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






15. Inject malformed input.






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






17. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






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






19. 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 _____________.






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






21. Culture has a significant impact on how information security will be implemented in a ______________________.






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






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






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






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






26. Allows you to use field security personnel as security missionaries or ambassadors to spread the security awareness message. It allows security administrators to be more responsive.






27. 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.






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






29. The MOST important element of an information security strategy.






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






31. The best strategy for risk management is to ___________________- as this will take into account the organization's appetite for risk and the fact that it would not be practical to eliminate all risk.






32. Results in greater uniformity and better adherence to security policies. It is generally less expensive to administer due to the economies of scale. However - turnaround can be slower due to the lack of alignment with business units.






33. 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






34. 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






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






36. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






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






38. Someone who uses email as a vehicle for extortion; send company threatening emails indicating they will expose confidential information - exploit security launch - etc.






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






40. Provides process needs but not impact.






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






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






43. 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.






44. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.






45. Adherence to local regulations must always be the priority. _______________________ is the most effective compromise in this situation.






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






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






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






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






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