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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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






2. The MOST useful way to describe the objectives in the information security strategy is through ______________________.

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3. Cannot be minimized






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. The best measure and will involve reviewing the entire source code to detect all instances of back doors.






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






11. 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.






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






13. Also required to guarantee fulfillment of laws and regulations of the organization and - therefore - the information security manager will be obligated to comply with the law.






14. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






15. 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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






21. Responsible for securing the information.






22. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






23. Carries out the technical administration.






24. Can be used to detect an external attack but would not help in authenticating a user attempting to connect.






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






26. The _____________________is a severe omission and will greatly increase information security risk. Presents the GREATEST information security risk for an organization with multiple - but small - domestic processing locations






27. Logging as well as monitoring - measuring - auditing - detecting viruses and intrusion.






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






30. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory






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






32. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






33. Has full responsibility over data.






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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






44. Occurs when the incoming level






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. A Successful risk management should lead to a ________________.






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






48. Program that hides within or looks like a legit program






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






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 _____________.







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