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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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1. 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.






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






5. 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






6. Cannot be minimized






7. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






9. The MOST useful way to describe the objectives in the information security strategy is through ______________________.

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10. 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.






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. Potentially damaging computer program that affects - or infects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works






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






20. 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 _____________.






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






22. 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.






23. 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






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






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






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






27. The security manager would be most concerned with whether _____________________ than the cost of adding additional controls.






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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






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






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






41. Because past performance is a strong predictor of future performance - _______________________ best prevents attacks from originating within an organization.






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






43. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






44. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






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






46. In assessing the degree to which an organization may be affected by new privacy legislation - information security management should first _____________________.






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






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






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






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







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