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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When defining the information classification policy - the ___________________ need to be identified.






2. The MOST important element of the request for proposal (RFP) ro assess the maturity level of the organization's information security management is _______________________.






3. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






4. Will prevent unauthorized access to the laptop even when the laptop is lost or stolen.






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






6. Occurs when the incoming level






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






8. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






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






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






11. 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 -






12. Cannot be minimized






13. 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






14. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






15. 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.






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






17. A key indicator of performance measurement.






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






19. The MOST important element of an information security strategy.






20. Potentially damaging computer program that affects - or infects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works






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






22. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






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






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






25. It is more efficient to establish a ___________________for locations that must meet specific requirements.






26. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






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






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






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






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






32. The best measure and will involve reviewing the entire source code to detect all instances of back doors.






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






34. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






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






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






37. Inject malformed input.






38. Most effective in protecting classified data that have been encrypted to prevent disclosure and transmission outside the organization's network.






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






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






41. Risk should be reduced to a level that an organization _____________.






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






43. The starting point for driving management's attention to information security. All other choices will follow the risk assessment.






44. 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.






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






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






48. The most important characteristic of good security policies is that they be ____________________.






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






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