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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. It is more efficient to establish a ___________________for locations that must meet specific requirements.






2. 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.






3. Addresses strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats. Although useful - a SWOT analysis is not as effective a tool.






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






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






6. Occurs after the risk assessment process - it does not measure it.






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






8. Carries out the technical administration.






9. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






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






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. A Successful risk management should lead to a ________________.






14. 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.






15. The weakest link in security implementation - and awareness would reduce this risk. Through security awareness and training programs - individual employees can be informed and sensitized on various security policies and other security topics - thus e






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Because past performance is a strong predictor of future performance - _______________________ best prevents attacks from originating within an organization.






23. 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. .






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






25. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






26. The risk that has been assumed by a third party and may not necessarily be equal to the minimal form of residual risk.






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






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






29. 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 -






30. Involves the correction of software weaknesses and would necessarily follow change management procedures.






31. Will associate data access with the role performed by an individual - thus restricting access to data required to perform the individual's tasks.






32. 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.






33. Should PRIMARILY be based on regulatory and legal requirements.






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






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






36. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






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






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. To identify known vulnerabilities based on common misconfigurations and missing updates.






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






42. 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.






43. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






44. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






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






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






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






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






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






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