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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Potentially damaging computer program that affects - or infects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works






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






3. Lists only the vulnerabilities inherent in the information asset that can attract threats. It does not consider the value of the asset and the impact of perceived threats on the value.






4. 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






5. Responsible for securing the information.






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






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






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






9. Utility program that detects and protects a personal computer from unauthorized intrusions






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






11. 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.






12. Program that hides within or looks like a legit program






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






14. 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






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






16. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






17. An information security manager has to impress upon the human resources department the need for _____________________.






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






19. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






20. A tool to be used in internal control assessment. KRI setup presents a threshold to alert management when controls are being compromised in business processes. This is a control tool rather than a maturity model support tool.






21. 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.






22. An effective tool but primarily focuses on malicious code from external sources - and only for those applications that are online.






23. 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






24. Culture has a significant impact on how information security will be implemented in a ______________________.






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






26. Carries out the technical administration.






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






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






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






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






31. Occurs when the incoming level






32. 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






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






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






35. __________________________ is of utmost importance. Understanding business objectives is critical in determining the security needs of the organization.






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






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






38. Cannot be minimized






39. The best measure for preventing the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.






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






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






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






43. Accesses a computer or network illegally






44. Only valid if assets have first been identified and appropriately valued.






45. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






46. 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 -






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






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






49. 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.






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