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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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1. 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.






2. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






3. 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 -






4. In order to highlight to management the importance of network security - the security manager should FIRST _______________.






5. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






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






7. Has full responsibility over data.






8. 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.






9. 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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






15. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






16. Using public key infrastructure (PKI) is currently accepted as the most secure method to _____________.






17. When considering the value of assets ______________________ would give the information security manager the MOST objective basis for measurement of value delivery in information security governance






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. Carries out the technical administration.






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






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






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






28. Determined by the business risk - i.e. - the potential impact on the business of the loss - corruption or disclosure of information. It must be applied to information in all forms - both electronic and physical (paper) - and should be applied by the






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






30. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






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






32. 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






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






34. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.






35. Will prevent unauthorized access to the laptop even when the laptop is lost or stolen.






36. 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.






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






38. 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.






39. 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. .






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






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






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






43. Senior management commitment and support for information security can BEST be obtained through presentations that ____________________.






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






45. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. An information security manager has to impress upon the human resources department the need for _____________________.