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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Occurs when the incoming level






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






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






4. A tool to be used in internal control assessment. KRI setup presents a threshold to alert management when controls are being compromised in business processes. This is a control tool rather than a maturity model support tool.






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






6. 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.






7. 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






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






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






10. When the ________________ is more than the cost of the risk - the risk should be accepted.






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






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






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






14. Utility program that detects and protects a personal computer from unauthorized intrusions






15. S small warehouse - designed for the end-user needs in a strategic business unit






16. A key indicator of performance measurement.






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






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






19. The _____________________is a severe omission and will greatly increase information security risk. Presents the GREATEST information security risk for an organization with multiple - but small - domestic processing locations






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






25. Responsible for securing the information.






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






27. 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.






28. Addresses strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats. Although useful - a SWOT analysis is not as effective a tool.






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






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






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. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






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






34. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






35. 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






36. The risk that remains after putting into place an effective risk management program; therefore - acceptable risk is achieved when this amount is minimized.






37. A trusted third party that attests to the identity of the signatory - and reliance will be a function of the level of trust afforded the CA.






38. Uses security metrics to measure the performance of the information security program.






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






40. Whenever personal data are transferred across national boundaries; ________________________ are required.






41. Provide minimum recommended settings and do not prevent introduction of control weaknesses.'






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






43. Accesses a computer or network illegally






44. 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 -






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






46. 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.






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






48. Can be a standalone driver for an information security governance measure. No further analysis nor justification is required since the entity has no choice in the regulatory requirements.






49. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






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