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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Awareness training would most likely result in any attempted ____________ being challenged by the authorized employee
Tailgating
0-day vulnerabilities
Patch management
Multinational organization
2. btaining senior management support for establishing a warm site can BEST be accomplished by ____________________ - including a cost-benefit analysis - will be most persuasive to management. A risk assessment may be included in the business case - but
Equal error rate (EER)
Defined objectives
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
OBusiness case development
3. 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.
Data isolation
Return on security investment (ROSI)
Worm
Comparison of cost of achievement
4. The risk that remains after putting into place an effective risk management program; therefore - acceptable risk is achieved when this amount is minimized.
Residual risk
IP address packet filtering
Phishing
The board of directors and senior management
5. Uses security metrics to measure the performance of the information security program.
Control effectiveness
Information security manager
Data isolation
Applying the proper classification to the data
6. Same intent as a cracker but does not have the technical skills and knowledge
Support the business objectives of the organization
Background checks of prospective employees
Decentralization
Script kiddie
7. Accesses a computer or network illegally
Applying the proper classification to the data
Cracker
Penetration testing
Stress testing
8. The primary role of the information security manager in the process of information classification within the organization.
Multinational organization
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Classification of assets needs
9. Has full responsibility over data.
Multinational organization
All personnel
The data owner
0-day vulnerabilities
10. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.
Developing an information security baseline
Security code reviews for the entire software application
The information security officer
People
11. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory
Decentralization
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
Penetration testing
Knowledge management
12. 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.
Script kiddie
Prioritization
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
Equal error rate (EER)
13. The best indicator of the level of compliance with the service level agreement ( SLA ) data confidentiality clauses.
Threat assessment
Prioritization
Access control matrix
The information security officer
14. Primarily reduce risk and are most effective for the protection of information assets.
Key controls
Support the business objectives of the organization
Control effectiveness
Fault-tolerant computer
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.
Creation of a business continuity plan
Safeguards over keys
Information contained on the equipment
Identify the relevant systems and processes
16. A notice that guarantees a user or a web site is legitimate
Cracker
Digital certificate
Undervoltage (brownout)
Support the business objectives of the organization
17. 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
Monitoring processes
Logon banners
Information security manager
Encryption key management
18. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps
Data isolation
Role-based policy
Is willing to accept
Cyber terrorist
19. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally
0-day vulnerabilities
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Penetration testing
Hacker
20. Warranted in circumstances where compliance may be difficult or impossible and the risk of noncompliance is outweighed by the benefits.
Identify the relevant systems and processes
Digital certificate
Comparison of cost of achievement
Exceptions to policy
21. _______________ of the organization have the responsibility of ensuring information systems security this can include indirect personnel such as physical security personnel.
All personnel
Consensus on risks and controls
Cracker
Methodology used in the assessment
22. 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
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Get senior management onboard
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
23. Are expensive - so they have to be used in areas where the risk is at its greatest level. These areas are the ones with high impact and high frequency of occurrence.
Conduct a risk assessment
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
24. Responsible for securing the information.
The data custodian
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Transmit e-mail messages
Virus detection
25. 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 -
Inherent risk
Residual risk
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Gap analysis
26. Risk should be reduced to a level that an organization _____________.
Is willing to accept
Residual risk
Prioritization
Creation of a business continuity plan
27. Legal document to be signed by all employees - suppliers etc before they 'touch' the organization - to protect the organization's intellectual property.
Penetration testing
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
28. Utility program that detects and protects a personal computer from unauthorized intrusions
Defining high-level business security requirements
Patch management
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
Personal firewall
29. Will associate data access with the role performed by an individual - thus restricting access to data required to perform the individual's tasks.
Role-based policy
Examples of containment defenses
Safeguards over keys
MAL wear
30. Only valid if assets have first been identified and appropriately valued.
Applying the proper classification to the data
The database administrator
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
Centralization of information security management
31. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
Data warehouse
Key controls
32. It is important to achieve ____________________ - and obtain inputs from various organizational entities since security needs to be aligned to the needs of the organization.
Consensus on risks and controls
Decentralization
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
The authentication process is broken
33. 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
People
Trusted source
Transferred risk
Calculating the value of the information or asset
34. 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.
Threat assessment
Cracker
What happened and how the breach was resolved
Personal firewall
35. 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.
Regulatory compliance
Audit objectives
Developing an information security baseline
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
36. An organization without any formal information security program should start with _______________________ because the implementation should be based on those security requirements.
Digital certificate
Defining high-level business security requirements
Comparison of cost of achievement
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
37. Any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer hardware - software - data - information - or processing capability
Security risk
Regulatory compliance
Identify the relevant systems and processes
Waterfall chart
38. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.
Data warehouse
Regulatory compliance
Deeper level of analysis
Process of introducing changes to systems
39. Culture has a significant impact on how information security will be implemented in a ______________________.
include security responsibilities in a job description
Multinational organization
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
Cyber extortionist
40. Provides process needs but not impact.
Personal firewall
Encryption
Resource dependency assessment
Normalization
41. 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.
Centralization of information security management
Trusted source
Undervoltage (brownout)
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
42. Program that copies itself repeatedly - using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer or network
Script kiddie
Worm
Alignment with business strategy
Requirements of the data owners
43. 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.
Regulatory compliance
Process of introducing changes to systems
Internal risk assessment
Certificate authority (CA)
44. Needs to define the access rules - which is troublesome and error prone in large organizations.
Rule-based access control
Skills inventory
Alignment with business strategy
Trusted source
45. The PRIMARY goal in developing an information security strategy is to: _________________________.
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Support the business objectives of the organization
Methodology used in the assessment
Biometric access control systems
46. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
Applying the proper classification to the data
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
Deeper level of analysis
47. In assessing the degree to which an organization may be affected by new privacy legislation - information security management should first _____________________.
Identify the relevant systems and processes
Consensus on risks and controls
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
Get senior management onboard
48. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.
Encryption key management
Security risk
Increase business value and confidence
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
49. Used to understand the flow of one process into another.
Waterfall chart
Data isolation
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
The data custodian
50. Company or person you believe will not send a virus-infect file knowingly
Examples of containment defenses
Get senior management onboard
Lack of change management
Trusted source