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






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






3. It is easier to manage and control a _________________.






4. Inject malformed input.






5. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






7. A key indicator of performance measurement.






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






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






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






11. An effective tool but primarily focuses on malicious code from external sources - and only for those applications that are online.






12. 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.






13. There is a time lag between the time when a security vulnerability is first published - and the time when a patch is delivered. - The best protection is to _____________________ until a patch is installed.






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. 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.






22. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






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






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






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






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






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






28. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






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






30. Accesses a computer or network illegally






31. 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.






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






33. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






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






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






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






37. New security ulnerabilities should be managed through a ________________.






38. 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






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






40. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






41. Responsible for securing the information.






42. Provides process needs but not impact.






43. 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.






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






45. An organization without any formal information security program should start with _______________________ because the implementation should be based on those security requirements.






46. When considering the value of assets ______________________ would give the information security manager the MOST objective basis for measurement of value delivery in information security governance






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






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






49. An information security manager has to impress upon the human resources department the need for _____________________.






50. 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