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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. Programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter a computer's operations






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






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






4. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






5. 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






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






7. S small warehouse - designed for the end-user needs in a strategic business unit






8. 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.






9. Are expensive - so they have to be used in areas where the risk is at its greatest level. These areas are the ones with high impact and high frequency of occurrence.






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






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






12. The MOST important component of a privacy policy is: A Privacy policies must contain _______________; they are a high-level management statement of direction. They do not necessarily address warranties - liabilities or geographic coverage - which are






13. Accesses a computer or network illegally






14. 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






15. Provides strong online authentication.






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. Carries out the technical administration.






22. Should PRIMARILY be based on regulatory and legal requirements.






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






24. Provides an additional security mechanism over and above that provided by passwords alone. This is frequently used by mobile users needing to establish connectivity to a corporate network.






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






26. 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






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






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






29. Provides process needs but not impact.






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






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






32. Awareness training would most likely result in any attempted ____________ being challenged by the authorized employee






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






40. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






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






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






43. Responsible for securing the information.






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






45. When defining the information classification policy - the ___________________ need to be identified.






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






47. 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.






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






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






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