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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The most important characteristic of good security policies is that they be ____________________.






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






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






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






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






6. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






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






8. Provides strong online authentication.






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






10. 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






11. Information security architecture should always be _______________________. Alignment with IT plans or industry and security best practices is secondary by comparison.






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






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






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






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






16. A trusted third party that attests to the identity of the signatory - and reliance will be a function of the level of trust afforded the CA.






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






18. Provides an additional security mechanism over and above that provided by passwords alone. This is frequently used by mobile users needing to establish connectivity to a corporate network.






19. Attackers who exploit flawed ___________________________________ can sniff network traffic and crack keys to gain unauthorized access to information.






20. 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.






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






22. 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. .






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






24. Using public key infrastructure (PKI) is currently accepted as the most secure method to _____________.






25. 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






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






27. When reporting an incident to senior management - the initial information to be communicated should include an explanation of _____________________ A summary of security logs would be too technical to report to senior management. An analysis of the i






28. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






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






30. The best indicator of the level of compliance with the service level agreement ( SLA ) data confidentiality clauses.






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






38. 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 _____________.






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. A method for analyzing and reducing a relational database to its most streamlined form






44. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






45. 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 -






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






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






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






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






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