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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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






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






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






5. The MOST important element of an information security strategy.






6. 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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7. The most critical process for deciding which part of the information system/business process should be given prioritization in case of a security incident.It provides results - such as impact from a security incident and required response times.






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






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






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






11. Computer that has duplicate components so it can continue to operate when one of its main components fail






12. Risk should be reduced to a level that an organization _____________.






13. 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.






14. Has full responsibility over data.






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.






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






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






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






19. 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






20. The most fundamental evaluation criteria for the appropriate selection of any security technology is ________________________.






21. Information security governance models are highly dependent on the _____________________.






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






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






24. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. When the ________________ is more than the cost of the risk - the risk should be accepted.






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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






34. 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.






35. 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






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






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






38. In assessing the degree to which an organization may be affected by new privacy legislation - information security management should first _____________________.






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






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






41. Accesses a computer or network illegally






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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






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