Test your basic knowledge |

CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. 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.






2. 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






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






4. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






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






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






7. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.






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






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






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






11. Same intent as a cracker but does not have the technical skills and knowledge






12. To identify known vulnerabilities based on common misconfigurations and missing updates.






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






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






15. Should be performed to identify the risk and determine needed controls.






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






17. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.






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






19. Programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter a computer's operations






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






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






22. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory






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






24. provides the most effective protection of data on mobile devices.






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






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






27. Provides strong online authentication.






28. 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.






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 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






31. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






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






33. 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.






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






35. A key indicator of performance measurement.






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






37. 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






38. 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






39. The _____________________ should be the person with the decision-making power in the department deriving the most benefit from the asset.






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






41. 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.






42. When developing an information security program _________________ would help identify the available resources - any gaps and the training requirements for developing resources.






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. 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.






47. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






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






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






50. Occurs when the electrical supply drops