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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Using public key infrastructure (PKI) is currently accepted as the most secure method to _____________.






2. 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.






3. The MOST important element of the request for proposal (RFP) ro assess the maturity level of the organization's information security management is _______________________.






4. 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






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. A key indicator of performance measurement.






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






11. 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.






12. The MOST effective approach to address issues that arise between IT management - business units and security management when implementing a new security strategy is for the information security manager to ____________________ with any security recomm






13. 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.






14. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






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






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






17. 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. .






18. It is important to achieve ____________________ - and obtain inputs from various organizational entities since security needs to be aligned to the needs of the organization.






19. The risk that remains after putting into place an effective risk management program; therefore - acceptable risk is achieved when this amount is minimized.






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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






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






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






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






30. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






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






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






33. Scam in which a perpetrator sends an official looking email message that attempts to obtain your personal and financial information






34. Accesses a computer or network illegally






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






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






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






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






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






40. Occurs when the incoming level






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






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






43. Provides strong online authentication.






44. The most important characteristic of good security policies is that they be ____________________.






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






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






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






48. Risk should be reduced to a level that an organization _____________.






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






50. 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 _____________.