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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An information security manager has to impress upon the human resources department the need for _____________________.






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






8. 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 _____________.






9. Attackers who exploit flawed ___________________________________ can sniff network traffic and crack keys to gain unauthorized access to information.






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






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






12. 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.






13. 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.






14. 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.






15. Inject malformed input.






16. 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.






17. 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






18. Occurs when the incoming level






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






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






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






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






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






24. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.






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






26. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






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






28. Same intent as a cracker but does not have the technical skills and knowledge






29. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






30. Company or person you believe will not send a virus-infect file knowingly






31. Should be a standard requirement for the service provider.






32. Awareness training would most likely result in any attempted ____________ being challenged by the authorized employee






33. A key indicator of performance measurement.






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






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






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






37. Provide metrics to which outsourcing firms can be held accountable.






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






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






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






41. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






42. Cannot be minimized






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






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 -






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






46. The BEST way to justify the implementation of a _____________________ is to use a business case. Return on investment (ROI) would only provide the costs needed to preclude specific risks - and would not provide other indirect benefits such as process






47. When considering the value of assets ______________________ would give the information security manager the MOST objective basis for measurement of value delivery in information security governance






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






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






50. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.