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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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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2. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






3. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.






4. Someone who uses the internet or network to destroy or damage computers for political reasons






5. 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 _____________.






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






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






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






9. 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.






10. 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. .






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






12. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






13. Requires a process to verify that the control process worked as intended. Examples such as dual-control or dual-entry bookkeeping provide verification and assurance that the process operated as intended.






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






21. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






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






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






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






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






26. Ultimately responsible for all that happens in the organization. The others are not individually liable for failures of security in the organization.






27. Has to be integrated into the requirements of every software application's design.






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






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






30. Has full responsibility over data.






31. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. __________________________ is of utmost importance. Understanding business objectives is critical in determining the security needs of the organization.






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






38. Cannot be minimized






39. A Successful risk management should lead to a ________________.






40. To identify known vulnerabilities based on common misconfigurations and missing updates.






41. 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






42. 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






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






44. The most fundamental evaluation criteria for the appropriate selection of any security technology is ________________________.






45. Effective and efficient in large user communities because it controls system access by the roles defined for groups of users. Users are assigned to the various roles and the system controls the access based on those roles.






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






47. 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






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






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






50. Lists only the vulnerabilities inherent in the information asset that can attract threats. It does not consider the value of the asset and the impact of perceived threats on the value.