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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The best indicator of the level of compliance with the service level agreement ( SLA ) data confidentiality clauses.
Access control matrix
Tailgating
Centralization of information security management
Control effectiveness
2. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
Stress testing
The database administrator
Data warehouse
3. Responsible for assigning user entitlements and approving access to the systems for which they are responsible.
Cross-site scripting attacks
Data owners
Cyber terrorist
Script kiddie
4. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Notifications and opt-out provisions
Asset classification
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
5. Would reduce the possibility of an individual accidentally pressing the power button on a device - thereby turning off the device.
Regular review of access control lists
Equal error rate (EER)
Gap analysis
Protective switch covers
6. 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
Protective switch covers
Consensus on risks and controls
The data custodian
Biometric access control systems
7. 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
Residual risk
IP address packet filtering
Requirements of the data owners
People
8. The most fundamental evaluation criteria for the appropriate selection of any security technology is ________________________.
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
Key controls
Personal firewall
9. Occurs when the electrical supply drops
Digital signatures
Undervoltage (brownout)
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
Exceptions to policy
10. Only valid if assets have first been identified and appropriately valued.
Spoofing attacks
Vulnerability assessment
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
Patch management process
11. 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
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Virus
Comparison of cost of achievement
Lack of change management
12. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.
Internal risk assessment
Support the business objectives of the organization
Data classification
Audit objectives
13. Provides strong online authentication.
Comparison of cost of achievement
The board of directors and senior management
Hacker
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
14. To improve the security governance framework and achieve a higher level of maturity _____________________ is most important.
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
include security responsibilities in a job description
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Virus detection
15. 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
Access control matrix
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Notifications and opt-out provisions
Developing an information security baseline
16. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.
Proficiency testing
Do with the information it collects
Centralized structure
Alignment with business strategy
17. Logging as well as monitoring - measuring - auditing - detecting viruses and intrusion.
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Detection defenses
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Patch management process
18. Allows you to use field security personnel as security missionaries or ambassadors to spread the security awareness message. It allows security administrators to be more responsive.
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Cost of control
Decentralization
19. 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
IP address packet filtering
Get senior management onboard
Alignment with business strategy
Deeper level of analysis
20. Someone who uses email as a vehicle for extortion; send company threatening emails indicating they will expose confidential information - exploit security launch - etc.
Data mart
A network vulnerability assessment
Cyber extortionist
Regular review of access control lists
21. A key indicator of performance measurement.
Gap analysis
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
Process of introducing changes to systems
Virus detection
22. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.
Deeper level of analysis
Defining high-level business security requirements
The database administrator
Biometric access control systems
23. Risk should be reduced to a level that an organization _____________.
Is willing to accept
Performing a risk assessment
The information security officer
Cross-site scripting attacks
24. Cannot be minimized
Developing an information security baseline
Fault-tolerant computer
Inherent risk
All personnel
25. Involves the correction of software weaknesses and would necessarily follow change management procedures.
Virus detection
Methodology used in the assessment
Lack of change management
Patch management
26. 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.
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
Threat assessment
Proficiency testing
Knowledge management
27. 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
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
Asset classification
Comparison of cost of achievement
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
28. The starting point for driving management's attention to information security. All other choices will follow the risk assessment.
Logon banners
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Risk appetite
29. Should be a standard requirement for the service provider.
Background check
Script kiddie
Penetration testing
MAL wear
30. The MOST important element of the request for proposal (RFP) ro assess the maturity level of the organization's information security management is _______________________.
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Digital certificate
Rule-based access control
Methodology used in the assessment
31. The _____________________ should be the person with the decision-making power in the department deriving the most benefit from the asset.
Owner of the information asset
Consensus on risks and controls
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Requirements of the data owners
32. A repository of historical data organized by subject to support decision makers in the org
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Data warehouse
Tie security risks to key business objectives
33. The MOST important element of an information security strategy.
Defined objectives
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
SWOT analysis
Transferred risk
34. In assessing the degree to which an organization may be affected by new privacy legislation - information security management should first _____________________.
Virus
Encryption
Applying the proper classification to the data
Identify the relevant systems and processes
35. _________________________ will allow the information security manager to prioritize the remedial measures and provide a means to convey a sense of urgency to management.
Transferred risk
Detection defenses
Protective switch covers
Performing a risk assessment
36. Reducing risk to a level too small to measure is _______________.
Comparison of cost of achievement
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
Encryption key management
37. To identify known vulnerabilities based on common misconfigurations and missing updates.
Identify the relevant systems and processes
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
Classification of assets needs
A network vulnerability assessment
38. Can be used to detect an external attack but would not help in authenticating a user attempting to connect.
Lack of change management
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Encryption
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
39. Any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer hardware - software - data - information - or processing capability
A network vulnerability assessment
Data owners
Security risk
Patch management process
40. Same intent as a cracker but does not have the technical skills and knowledge
MAL wear
Security risk
Script kiddie
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
41. An organization without any formal information security program should start with _______________________ because the implementation should be based on those security requirements.
Defining high-level business security requirements
Applying the proper classification to the data
Examples of containment defenses
Access control matrix
42. 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
Resource dependency assessment
Control effectiveness
OBusiness case development
Transferred risk
43. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.
Identify the relevant systems and processes
Knowledge management
Spoofing attacks
Encryption of the hard disks
44. When defining the information classification policy - the ___________________ need to be identified.
Requirements of the data owners
Increase business value and confidence
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Resource dependency assessment
45. Has to be integrated into the requirements of every software application's design.
Role-based policy
Encryption key management
Digital signatures
What happened and how the breach was resolved
46. Identification and _______________ of business risk enables project managers to address areas with most significance.
Acceptable use policies
Prioritization
Internal risk assessment
Access control matrix
47. The PRIMARY goal in developing an information security strategy is to: _________________________.
Lack of change management
Security risk
Support the business objectives of the organization
Equal error rate (EER)
48. Programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter a computer's operations
Knowledge management
MAL wear
Trojan horse
Classification of assets needs
49. 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.
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
Decentralization
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Data owners
50. Helps to define the minimum acceptable security that will be implemented to protect the information resources in accordance with the respective criticality levels.
Data warehouse
Developing an information security baseline
Process of introducing changes to systems
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations