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






2. Involves the correction of software weaknesses and would necessarily follow change management procedures.






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






4. 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.






5. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






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






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






9. The most important characteristic of good security policies is that they be ____________________.






10. May show the performance result of the security related activities; however - the result is interpreted in terms of money and extends to multiple facets of security initiatives.






11. 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.






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






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






14. Would reduce the possibility of an individual accidentally pressing the power button on a device - thereby turning off the device.






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






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






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






18. When developing an information security program _________________ would help identify the available resources - any gaps and the training requirements for developing resources.






19. Accesses a computer or network illegally






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






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






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






23. 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.






24. Lists only the vulnerabilities inherent in the information asset that can attract threats. It does not consider the value of the asset and the impact of perceived threats on the value.






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






31. Provides process needs but not impact.






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. 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.






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






38. 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 _____________.






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






40. 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.






41. Has full responsibility over data.






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






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






44. 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






45. Using public key infrastructure (PKI) is currently accepted as the most secure method to _____________.






46. 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.






47. n a _________________________ - the annual cost of safeguards is compared with the expected cost of loss. This can then be used to justify a specific control measure.






48. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.






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






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