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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
Data isolation
Biometric access control systems
2. Needs to define the access rules - which is troublesome and error prone in large organizations.
Deeper level of analysis
Audit objectives
Security risk
Rule-based access control
3. Should be a standard requirement for the service provider.
Control risk
Background check
Prioritization
Information security manager
4. An organization without any formal information security program should start with _______________________ because the implementation should be based on those security requirements.
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
Background check
Multinational organization
Defining high-level business security requirements
5. Computer that has duplicate components so it can continue to operate when one of its main components fail
Owner of the information asset
Fault-tolerant computer
Process of introducing changes to systems
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
6. By definition are not previously known and therefore are undetectable.
Waterfall chart
Defined objectives
0-day vulnerabilities
Support the business objectives of the organization
7. _______________ of the organization have the responsibility of ensuring information systems security this can include indirect personnel such as physical security personnel.
Digital signatures
All personnel
Data warehouse
Alignment with business strategy
8. To identify known vulnerabilities based on common misconfigurations and missing updates.
A network vulnerability assessment
Data warehouse
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
The board of directors and senior management
9. The job of the information security officer on a management team is to ___________________.
Two-factor authentication
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
Assess the risks to the business operation
10. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.
Control risk
Malicious software and spyware
Asset classification
Detection defenses
11. btaining senior management support for establishing a warm site can BEST be accomplished by ____________________ - including a cost-benefit analysis - will be most persuasive to management. A risk assessment may be included in the business case - but
OBusiness case development
Tailgating
Methodology used in the assessment
Waterfall chart
12. Program that copies itself repeatedly - using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer or network
Worm
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Data classification
13. Identification and _______________ of business risk enables project managers to address areas with most significance.
A network vulnerability assessment
Overall organizational structure
Prioritization
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
14. Attackers who exploit weak application authentication controls can ___________________ and this has little to do with cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.
Data mart
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Gap analysis
15. The best measure for preventing the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.
Risk appetite
Penetration testing
Acceptable use policies
Skills inventory
16. The most fundamental evaluation criteria for the appropriate selection of any security technology is ________________________.
OBusiness case development
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
Security risk
Retention of business records
17. BEST option to improve accountability for a system administrator is to _____________________.
Risk appetite
Virus detection
include security responsibilities in a job description
Vulnerability assessment
18. Provides strong online authentication.
Phishing
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
19. 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.
Regulatory compliance
Two-factor authentication
Risk appetite
Do with the information it collects
20. An effective tool but primarily focuses on malicious code from external sources - and only for those applications that are online.
Overall organizational structure
The data owner
Virus detection
Digital signatures
21. Has to be integrated into the requirements of every software application's design.
Increase business value and confidence
Encryption key management
Security code reviews for the entire software application
The authentication process is broken
22. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.
Internal risk assessment
Logon banners
Deeper level of analysis
Patch management process
23. To improve the security governance framework and achieve a higher level of maturity _____________________ is most important.
Patch management
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
24. From a security standpoint - _______________________ is one of the most important topics that should be included in the contract with third-party service provider.
25. In assessing the degree to which an organization may be affected by new privacy legislation - information security management should first _____________________.
Skills inventory
Examples of containment defenses
Identify the relevant systems and processes
The information security officer
26. When mobile equipment is lost or stolen - the ______________________ matters most in determining the impact of the loss.
Developing an information security baseline
Decentralization
Information contained on the equipment
Lack of change management
27. Responsible for securing the information.
The data custodian
The database administrator
Patch management
Rule-based access control
28. S small warehouse - designed for the end-user needs in a strategic business unit
Data mart
Identify the relevant systems and processes
Background check
Comparison of cost of achievement
29. 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
The balanced scorecard
Personal firewall
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
30. Most effective for evaluating the degree to which information security objectives are being met.
The balanced scorecard
Security awareness training for all employees
Patch management process
Acceptable use policies
31. Occurs when the electrical supply drops
Phishing
Patch management
Undervoltage (brownout)
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
32. 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 -
Gap analysis
Trusted source
0-day vulnerabilities
Encryption
33. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.
The information security officer
Classification of assets needs
Knowledge management
Security baselines
34. When reporting an incident to senior management - the initial information to be communicated should include an explanation of _____________________ A summary of security logs would be too technical to report to senior management. An analysis of the i
What happened and how the breach was resolved
Owner of the information asset
Undervoltage (brownout)
include security responsibilities in a job description
35. Reducing risk to a level too small to measure is _______________.
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Security awareness training for all employees
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
Cross-site scripting attacks
36. New security ulnerabilities should be managed through a ________________.
Process of introducing changes to systems
Patch management process
Patch management
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
37. Most effective in protecting classified data that have been encrypted to prevent disclosure and transmission outside the organization's network.
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Service level agreements (SLAs)
The board of directors and senior management
Safeguards over keys
38. Any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer hardware - software - data - information - or processing capability
Owner of the information asset
Trusted source
Security risk
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
39. The _____________________ should be the person with the decision-making power in the department deriving the most benefit from the asset.
What happened and how the breach was resolved
Data warehouse
Patch management process
Owner of the information asset
40. Because past performance is a strong predictor of future performance - _______________________ best prevents attacks from originating within an organization.
Background checks of prospective employees
Safeguards over keys
Do with the information it collects
Alignment with business strategy
41. Warranted in circumstances where compliance may be difficult or impossible and the risk of noncompliance is outweighed by the benefits.
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Exceptions to policy
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Overall organizational structure
42. 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 _____________.
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
Confidentiality
Trusted source
The authentication process is broken
43. Information security architecture should always be _______________________. Alignment with IT plans or industry and security best practices is secondary by comparison.
Properly aligned with business goals and objectives
Support the business objectives of the organization
All personnel
Security awareness training for all employees
44. Involves the correction of software weaknesses and would necessarily follow change management procedures.
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
Patch management
Spoofing attacks
Cyber terrorist
45. Awareness training would most likely result in any attempted ____________ being challenged by the authorized employee
Trusted source
Tailgating
Get senior management onboard
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
46. The information security manager needs to prioritize the controls based on ________________________.
Comparison of cost of achievement
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
Properly aligned with business goals and objectives
OBusiness case development
47. The security manager would be most concerned with whether _____________________ than the cost of adding additional controls.
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
Internal risk assessment
The information security officer
48. Should be performed to identify the risk and determine needed controls.
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Stress testing
Internal risk assessment
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
49. Uses security metrics to measure the performance of the information security program.
Information security manager
Aligned with organizational goals
Transferred risk
Lack of change management
50. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.
Security risk
Transmit e-mail messages
Asset classification
Transferred risk