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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. Awareness training would most likely result in any attempted ____________ being challenged by the authorized employee






3. 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.






4. Most effective in providing reasonable assurance of physical access compliance to an unmanned server room controlled with biometric devices.






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






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






7. Inject malformed input.






8. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






9. Would reduce the possibility of an individual accidentally pressing the power button on a device - thereby turning off the device.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.






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






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






23. Responsible for assigning user entitlements and approving access to the systems for which they are responsible.






24. 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






25. Any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer hardware - software - data - information - or processing capability






26. 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






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






28. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. Has full responsibility over data.






35. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






36. Accesses a computer or network illegally






37. 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 -






38. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.






39. Scam in which a perpetrator sends an official looking email message that attempts to obtain your personal and financial information






40. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. Results in greater uniformity and better adherence to security policies. It is generally less expensive to administer due to the economies of scale. However - turnaround can be slower due to the lack of alignment with business units.






47. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






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






49. 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.






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