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






2. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






3. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






4. Needs to define the access rules - which is troublesome and error prone in large organizations.






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. Responsible for securing the information.






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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.






20. In assessing the degree to which an organization may be affected by new privacy legislation - information security management should first _____________________.






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






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






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






24. _______________ of the organization have the responsibility of ensuring information systems security this can include indirect personnel such as physical security personnel.






25. Occurs when the incoming level






26. Whenever personal data are transferred across national boundaries; ________________________ are required.






27. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






28. 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 -






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






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






31. 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






32. Provide metrics to which outsourcing firms can be held accountable.






33. The best measure for preventing the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.






34. 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.






35. An effective tool but primarily focuses on malicious code from external sources - and only for those applications that are online.






36. 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.






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






38. On a company's e-commerce web site - a good legal statement regarding data privacy should include a statement regarding what the company will ___________________.






39. Legal document to be signed by all employees - suppliers etc before they 'touch' the organization - to protect the organization's intellectual property.






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






41. A repository of historical data organized by subject to support decision makers in the org






42. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. Reducing risk to a level too small to measure is _______________.






50. 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.