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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Occurs when the incoming level
Retention of business records
Key controls
Methodology used in the assessment
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
2. _________________________ will allow the information security manager to prioritize the remedial measures and provide a means to convey a sense of urgency to management.
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
include security responsibilities in a job description
Requirements of the data owners
Performing a risk assessment
3. An information security manager has to impress upon the human resources department the need for _____________________.
Retention of business records
Security awareness training for all employees
Risk appetite
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
4. 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.
Logon banners
Virus
Normalization
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
5. Awareness training would most likely result in any attempted ____________ being challenged by the authorized employee
Tailgating
Skills inventory
Equal error rate (EER)
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
6. 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.
Safeguards over keys
Protective switch covers
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Monitoring processes
7. 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
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
Overall organizational structure
Get senior management onboard
Owner of the information asset
8. The risk that has been assumed by a third party and may not necessarily be equal to the minimal form of residual risk.
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Transferred risk
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Background checks of prospective employees
9. Adherence to local regulations must always be the priority. _______________________ is the most effective compromise in this situation.
Logon banners
Biometric access control systems
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
Transferred risk
10. When the ________________ is more than the cost of the risk - the risk should be accepted.
Access control matrix
Encryption
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
Cost of control
11. By definition are not previously known and therefore are undetectable.
Rule-based access control
0-day vulnerabilities
Gap analysis
Process of introducing changes to systems
12. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
IP address packet filtering
Regulatory compliance
Gain unauthorized access to applications
13. Company or person you believe will not send a virus-infect file knowingly
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
Rule-based access control
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Trusted source
14. Utility program that detects and protects a personal computer from unauthorized intrusions
Examples of containment defenses
include security responsibilities in a job description
What happened and how the breach was resolved
Personal firewall
15. S small warehouse - designed for the end-user needs in a strategic business unit
Data mart
Regulatory compliance
Two-factor authentication
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
16. A key indicator of performance measurement.
Defining high-level business security requirements
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Increase business value and confidence
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
17. Most effective in protecting classified data that have been encrypted to prevent disclosure and transmission outside the organization's network.
Safeguards over keys
Audit objectives
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
Data classification
18. Warranted in circumstances where compliance may be difficult or impossible and the risk of noncompliance is outweighed by the benefits.
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
Exceptions to policy
All personnel
Comparison of cost of achievement
19. 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
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Return on security investment (ROSI)
Lack of change management
Alignment with business strategy
20. The best measure for preventing the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.
Notifications and opt-out provisions
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Acceptable use policies
SWOT analysis
21. The information security manager needs to prioritize the controls based on ________________________.
Data isolation
Background check
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
Return on security investment (ROSI)
22. 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.
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Role-based policy
Creation of a business continuity plan
Risk appetite
23. Attackers who exploit flawed ___________________________________ can sniff network traffic and crack keys to gain unauthorized access to information.
Key controls
Logon banners
Overall organizational structure
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
24. BEST option to improve accountability for a system administrator is to _____________________.
include security responsibilities in a job description
Classification of assets needs
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
Prioritization
25. Responsible for securing the information.
Prioritization
The data custodian
Skills inventory
Rule-based access control
26. Should be a standard requirement for the service provider.
Normalization
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
Background check
27. 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.
The information security officer
Requirements of the data owners
Threat assessment
Single sign-on (SSO) product
28. Addresses strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats. Although useful - a SWOT analysis is not as effective a tool.
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
Protective switch covers
Encryption of the hard disks
SWOT analysis
29. provides the most effective protection of data on mobile devices.
Encryption
Personal firewall
Data warehouse
Digital certificate
30. _______________ of the organization have the responsibility of ensuring information systems security this can include indirect personnel such as physical security personnel.
All personnel
Stress testing
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
Gap analysis
31. 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.
Personal firewall
Risk appetite
Gap analysis
Internal risk assessment
32. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.
Information contained on the equipment
The information security officer
Security awareness training for all employees
Spoofing attacks
33. The _____________________ should be the person with the decision-making power in the department deriving the most benefit from the asset.
Requirements of the data owners
Cyber extortionist
Regular review of access control lists
Owner of the information asset
34. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.
MAL wear
Get senior management onboard
Control risk
Penetration testing
35. The MOST effective way to ensure network users are aware of their responsibilities to comply with an organization's security requirements is - ______________ would appear every time the user logs on - and the user would be required to read and agree
Waterfall chart
Overall organizational structure
Logon banners
Is willing to accept
36. The risk that remains after putting into place an effective risk management program; therefore - acceptable risk is achieved when this amount is minimized.
Residual risk
Centralized structure
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Tie security risks to key business objectives
37. 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.
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
Cost of control
Certificate authority (CA)
Centralized structure
38. Uses security metrics to measure the performance of the information security program.
MAL wear
Information security manager
Decentralization
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
39. Logging as well as monitoring - measuring - auditing - detecting viruses and intrusion.
Detection defenses
Alignment with business strategy
Waterfall chart
All personnel
40. Whenever personal data are transferred across national boundaries; ________________________ are required.
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
Examples of containment defenses
Transferred risk
Classification of assets needs
41. Provide minimum recommended settings and do not prevent introduction of control weaknesses.'
Defined objectives
Security baselines
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Vulnerability assessment
42. The MOST important element of an information security strategy.
Logon banners
Data owners
SWOT analysis
Defined objectives
43. Accesses a computer or network illegally
Patch management process
Cracker
Penetration testing
People
44. 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 -
The database administrator
Personal firewall
Tailgating
Gap analysis
45. Scam in which a perpetrator sends an official looking email message that attempts to obtain your personal and financial information
Fault-tolerant computer
Phishing
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
46. 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.
Equal error rate (EER)
include security responsibilities in a job description
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Acceptable use policies
47. Identification and _______________ of business risk enables project managers to address areas with most significance.
Security risk
Cyber extortionist
Risk appetite
Prioritization
48. 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.
Regulatory compliance
Encryption
Service level agreements (SLAs)
Aligned with organizational goals
49. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally
Consensus on risks and controls
Hacker
The data owner
Worm
50. Ultimately responsible for all that happens in the organization. The others are not individually liable for failures of security in the organization.
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
include security responsibilities in a job description
Encryption
The board of directors and senior management