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






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






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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. .






10. When considering the value of assets ______________________ would give the information security manager the MOST objective basis for measurement of value delivery in information security governance






11. 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






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






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






14. Risk assessment is a very important process for the ___________________. Risk assessment provides information on the likelihood of occurrence of security incidence and assists in the selection of countermeasures - but not in the prioritization.






15. 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.






16. 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 _____________.






17. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






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






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






20. Responsible for securing the information.






21. 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.






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






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






24. 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.






25. From a security standpoint - _______________________ is one of the most important topics that should be included in the contract with third-party service provider.

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






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






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






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






30. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






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






32. Accesses a computer or network illegally






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






34. On a company's e-commerce web site - a good legal statement regarding data privacy should include a statement regarding what the company will ___________________.






35. _______________ of the organization have the responsibility of ensuring information systems security this can include indirect personnel such as physical security personnel.






36. Used to understand the flow of one process into another.






37. S small warehouse - designed for the end-user needs in a strategic business unit






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






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






40. 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 -






41. 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






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






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






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






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






46. The risk that controls may not prevent/detect an incident with a measure of control effectiveness.






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






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






49. Cannot be minimized






50. It is important to achieve ____________________ - and obtain inputs from various organizational entities since security needs to be aligned to the needs of the organization.