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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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1. When the ________________ is more than the cost of the risk - the risk should be accepted.






2. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.






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






4. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






5. 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 _____________.






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






7. 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 -






8. 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.






9. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






10. 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






11. 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.






12. Addresses strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats. Although useful - a SWOT analysis is not as effective a tool.






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






14. Provides strong online authentication.






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






16. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






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






18. 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.






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






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






21. The most important characteristic of good security policies is that they be ____________________.






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






23. The risk that has been assumed by a third party and may not necessarily be equal to the minimal form of residual risk.






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






34. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






35. 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. .






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






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






38. Reducing risk to a level too small to measure is _______________.






39. Inject malformed input.






40. Most effective in protecting classified data that have been encrypted to prevent disclosure and transmission outside the organization's network.






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






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






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






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






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






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






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






50. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.







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