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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. 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. 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.






3. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






4. Lists only the threats that the information asset is exposed to. It does not consider the value of the asset and impact of the threat on the value.






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






10. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






11. Any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer hardware - software - data - information - or processing capability






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






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






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






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






16. To improve the security governance framework and achieve a higher level of maturity _____________________ is most important.






17. Only valid if assets have first been identified and appropriately valued.






18. 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. .






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. 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.






21. Information security architecture should always be _______________________. Alignment with IT plans or industry and security best practices is secondary by comparison.






22. 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.






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






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






25. Accesses a computer or network illegally






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






27. 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.






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






29. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






31. The first step in a risk analysis process to determine the impact to the organization - which is the ultimate goal.






32. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






33. In biometric systems where the possibility of false rejects is a problem - it may be necessary to reduce sensitivity and thereby increase the number of false accepts.






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






35. Someone who uses email as a vehicle for extortion; send company threatening emails indicating they will expose confidential information - exploit security launch - etc.






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






37. Responsible for securing the information.






38. 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.






39. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






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






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






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






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






44. The most important characteristic of good security policies is that they be ____________________.






45. 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






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






47. Has full responsibility over data.






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






49. 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.






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