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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A notice that guarantees a user or a web site is legitimate






2. 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. .






3. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






4. A key indicator of performance measurement.






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






10. The PRIMARY goal in developing an information security strategy is to: _________________________.






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






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






13. 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 -






14. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






15. Awareness training would most likely result in any attempted ____________ being challenged by the authorized employee






16. 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






17. The BEST justification to convince management to invest in an information security program is that doing so would _________________.






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






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






20. 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 _____________.






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






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






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.






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






25. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






26. 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






27. 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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28. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






29. Responsible for securing the information.






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






35. Occurs after the risk assessment process - it does not measure it.






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. Senior management commitment and support for information security can BEST be obtained through presentations that ____________________.






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.






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






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






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






46. Ensure that transmitted information can be attributed to the named sender.






47. BEST option to improve accountability for a system administrator is to _____________________.






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






49. 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






50. Occurs when the incoming level