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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. 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.






3. 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.






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






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






6. 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.






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






8. A key indicator of performance measurement.






9. 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






10. 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.






11. 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.






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






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






14. Identification and _______________ of business risk enables project managers to address areas with most significance.






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






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






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






18. A function of the session keys distributed by the PKI.






19. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






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






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






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






23. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






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






25. Potentially damaging computer program that affects - or infects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works






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






27. Attackers who exploit weak application authentication controls can ___________________ and this has little to do with cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. Someone who uses email as a vehicle for extortion; send company threatening emails indicating they will expose confidential information - exploit security launch - etc.






37. 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.






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






39. Cannot be minimized






40. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.






41. Adherence to local regulations must always be the priority. _______________________ is the most effective compromise in this situation.






42. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






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






44. 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.






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






46. The BEST way to justify the implementation of a _____________________ is to use a business case. Return on investment (ROI) would only provide the costs needed to preclude specific risks - and would not provide other indirect benefits such as process






47. Will prevent unauthorized access to the laptop even when the laptop is lost or stolen.






48. The security manager would be most concerned with whether _____________________ than the cost of adding additional controls.






49. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






50. 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