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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Culture has a significant impact on how information security will be implemented in a ______________________.






2. Using public key infrastructure (PKI) is currently accepted as the most secure method to _____________.






3. Cannot be minimized






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






5. Used to understand the flow of one process into another.






6. Inject malformed input.






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






8. 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






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






27. __________________________ is of utmost importance. Understanding business objectives is critical in determining the security needs of the organization.






28. The risk that remains after putting into place an effective risk management program; therefore - acceptable risk is achieved when this amount is minimized.






29. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






30. A tool to be used in internal control assessment. KRI setup presents a threshold to alert management when controls are being compromised in business processes. This is a control tool rather than a maturity model support tool.






31. The MOST important component of a privacy policy is: A Privacy policies must contain _______________; they are a high-level management statement of direction. They do not necessarily address warranties - liabilities or geographic coverage - which are






32. 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.






33. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






34. 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.






35. The primary role of the information security manager in the process of information classification within the organization.






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






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






38. By definition are not previously known and therefore are undetectable.






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. Occurs when the incoming level






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. 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.