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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Primarily reduce risk and are most effective for the protection of information assets.






2. 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.






3. On a company's e-commerce web site - a good legal statement regarding data privacy should include a statement regarding what the company will ___________________.






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






9. Occurs after the risk assessment process - it does not measure it.






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






11. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






12. Program that copies itself repeatedly - using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer or network






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






14. provides the most effective protection of data on mobile devices.






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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






20. It is more efficient to establish a ___________________for locations that must meet specific requirements.






21. 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.






22. Logging as well as monitoring - measuring - auditing - detecting viruses and intrusion.






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. Cannot be minimized






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






31. 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 _____________.






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. 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






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






39. Reducing risk to a level too small to measure is _______________.






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






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






42. To improve the security governance framework and achieve a higher level of maturity _____________________ is most important.






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






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






45. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.






46. 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






47. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






48. Information security governance models are highly dependent on the _____________________.






49. Inject malformed input.






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