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






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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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.






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






8. Using public key infrastructure (PKI) is currently accepted as the most secure method to _____________.






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






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






11. Involves the correction of software weaknesses and would necessarily follow change management procedures.






12. Are expensive - so they have to be used in areas where the risk is at its greatest level. These areas are the ones with high impact and high frequency of occurrence.






13. 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. .






14. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






15. Ultimately responsible for all that happens in the organization. The others are not individually liable for failures of security in the organization.






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






17. Cannot be minimized






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






19. Inject malformed input.






20. Ensure that transmitted information can be attributed to the named sender.






21. Has full responsibility over data.






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






23. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






24. Determined by the business risk - i.e. - the potential impact on the business of the loss - corruption or disclosure of information. It must be applied to information in all forms - both electronic and physical (paper) - and should be applied by the






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






26. The best strategy for risk management is to ___________________- as this will take into account the organization's appetite for risk and the fact that it would not be practical to eliminate all risk.






27. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






28. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. Should PRIMARILY be based on regulatory and legal requirements.






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






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






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






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






43. 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






44. 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.






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






46. Carries out the technical administration.






47. A notice that guarantees a user or a web site is legitimate






48. Provides process needs but not impact.






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






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