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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Culture has a significant impact on how information security will be implemented in a ______________________.






2. 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 _____________.






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






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






5. Inject malformed input.






6. Primarily reduce risk and are most effective for the protection of information assets.






7. Provides an additional security mechanism over and above that provided by passwords alone. This is frequently used by mobile users needing to establish connectivity to a corporate network.






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






9. Carries out the technical administration.






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






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






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






13. _______________ of the organization have the responsibility of ensuring information systems security this can include indirect personnel such as physical security personnel.






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






15. Warranted in circumstances where compliance may be difficult or impossible and the risk of noncompliance is outweighed by the benefits.






16. The most relevant piece of information to include in a cost-benefit analysis of a two-factor authentication system - it would establish a cost baseline and it must be considered for the full life cycle of the control. .






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






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






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






20. Provides strong online authentication.






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






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






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






24. 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.






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. The information security manager needs to prioritize the controls based on ________________________.






30. 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






31. A notice that guarantees a user or a web site is legitimate






32. Uses security metrics to measure the performance of the information security program.






33. To improve the security governance framework and achieve a higher level of maturity _____________________ is most important.






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. New security ulnerabilities should be managed through a ________________.






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






47. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






48. Someone who uses the internet or network to destroy or damage computers for political reasons






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






50. Determined by the business risk - i.e. - the potential impact on the business of the loss - corruption or disclosure of information. It must be applied to information in all forms - both electronic and physical (paper) - and should be applied by the