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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






3. Occurs when the incoming level






4. A method for analyzing and reducing a relational database to its most streamlined form






5. Inject malformed input.






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






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






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






9. _________________________ will allow the information security manager to prioritize the remedial measures and provide a means to convey a sense of urgency to management.






10. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.






11. 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






12. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






13. May show the performance result of the security related activities; however - the result is interpreted in terms of money and extends to multiple facets of security initiatives.






14. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. When developing an information security program _________________ would help identify the available resources - any gaps and the training requirements for developing resources.






20. The risk that controls may not prevent/detect an incident with a measure of control effectiveness.






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






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






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






24. Adherence to local regulations must always be the priority. _______________________ is the most effective compromise in this situation.






25. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






26. 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.






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






28. 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






29. 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






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






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






32. Warranted in circumstances where compliance may be difficult or impossible and the risk of noncompliance is outweighed by the benefits.






33. 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






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






35. Whenever personal data are transferred across national boundaries; ________________________ are required.






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






37. A repository of historical data organized by subject to support decision makers in the org






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






39. Responsible for securing the information.






40. 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. .






41. 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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42. Cannot be minimized






43. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.






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






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






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






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






48. New security ulnerabilities should be managed through a ________________.






49. Carries out the technical administration.






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