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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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






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. The MOST important element of the request for proposal (RFP) ro assess the maturity level of the organization's information security management is _______________________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. Inject malformed input.






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






14. Computer that has duplicate components so it can continue to operate when one of its main components fail






15. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






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






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






18. 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






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






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






21. Cannot be minimized






22. 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.






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






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






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. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






28. 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.






29. Will associate data access with the role performed by an individual - thus restricting access to data required to perform the individual's tasks.






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






31. 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






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






33. 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.






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






35. Helps to define the minimum acceptable security that will be implemented to protect the information resources in accordance with the respective criticality levels.






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






37. Accesses a computer or network illegally






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






39. 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.






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






41. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






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






43. 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.






44. 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.






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






46. Lists only the threats that the information asset is exposed to. It does not consider the value of the asset and impact of the threat on the value.






47. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






48. Carries out the technical administration.






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






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







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