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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.






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






3. 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 _____________.






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






5. 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.






6. Utility program that detects and protects a personal computer from unauthorized intrusions






7. 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.






8. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






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






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






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






12. provides the most effective protection of data on mobile devices.






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






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






15. 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.






16. Cannot be minimized






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






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






19. Identification and _______________ of business risk enables project managers to address areas with most significance.






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






21. 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.






22. The most critical process for deciding which part of the information system/business process should be given prioritization in case of a security incident.It provides results - such as impact from a security incident and required response times.






23. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






24. 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






25. Scam in which a perpetrator sends an official looking email message that attempts to obtain your personal and financial information






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






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






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






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






30. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






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






33. 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.






34. Ultimately responsible for all that happens in the organization. The others are not individually liable for failures of security in the organization.






35. The best measure for preventing the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.






36. 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






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






38. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






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






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






41. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






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






43. There is a time lag between the time when a security vulnerability is first published - and the time when a patch is delivered. - The best protection is to _____________________ until a patch is installed.






44. Programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter a computer's operations






45. It is easier to manage and control a _________________.






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






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






48. The job of the information security officer on a management team is to ___________________.






49. BEST option to improve accountability for a system administrator is to _____________________.






50. 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