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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. Occurs when the incoming level






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






5. Are not infallible. When tuning the solution - one has to adjust the sensitivity level to give preference either to false reject rate (type I error rate) where the system will be more prone to err denying access to a valid user or erring and allowing






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






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. 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.






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






10. 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






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






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






13. The MOST useful way to describe the objectives in the information security strategy is through ______________________.

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14. To identify known vulnerabilities based on common misconfigurations and missing updates.






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






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






17. 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






18. 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






19. 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.






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






21. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.






22. Can be used to detect an external attack but would not help in authenticating a user attempting to connect.






23. Cannot be minimized






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






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






26. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






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






28. It is easier to manage and control a _________________.






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






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. n a _________________________ - the annual cost of safeguards is compared with the expected cost of loss. This can then be used to justify a specific control measure.






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






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






34. 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.






35. Most effective in providing reasonable assurance of physical access compliance to an unmanned server room controlled with biometric devices.






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






37. The security manager would be most concerned with whether _____________________ than the cost of adding additional controls.






38. Helps to define the minimum acceptable security that will be implemented to protect the information resources in accordance with the respective criticality levels.






39. 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 _____________.






40. 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.






41. Requires a process to verify that the control process worked as intended. Examples such as dual-control or dual-entry bookkeeping provide verification and assurance that the process operated as intended.






42. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






43. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






44. Provide minimum recommended settings and do not prevent introduction of control weaknesses.'






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






46. 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






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






48. 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.






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






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