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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The weakest link in security implementation - and awareness would reduce this risk. Through security awareness and training programs - individual employees can be informed and sensitized on various security policies and other security topics - thus e
People
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
Monitoring processes
2. 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.
Return on security investment (ROSI)
The information security officer
Classification of assets needs
SWOT analysis
3. When defining the information classification policy - the ___________________ need to be identified.
Cost of control
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Requirements of the data owners
4. Carries out the technical administration.
Encryption
Prioritization
The database administrator
Overall organizational structure
5. The starting point for driving management's attention to information security. All other choices will follow the risk assessment.
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Resource dependency assessment
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
All personnel
6. Because past performance is a strong predictor of future performance - _______________________ best prevents attacks from originating within an organization.
Cost of control
Background checks of prospective employees
SWOT analysis
Trojan horse
7. Attackers who exploit weak application authentication controls can ___________________ and this has little to do with cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
Normalization
8. The _____________________ should be the person with the decision-making power in the department deriving the most benefit from the asset.
SWOT analysis
A network vulnerability assessment
Owner of the information asset
Encryption key management
9. Information security architecture should always be _______________________. Alignment with IT plans or industry and security best practices is secondary by comparison.
Key controls
Properly aligned with business goals and objectives
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
10. A method for analyzing and reducing a relational database to its most streamlined form
Fault-tolerant computer
Normalization
Security baselines
Classification of assets needs
11. The BEST justification to convince management to invest in an information security program is that doing so would _________________.
Normalization
Security baselines
Digital certificate
Increase business value and confidence
12. From a security standpoint - _______________________ is one of the most important topics that should be included in the contract with third-party service provider.
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13. Attackers who exploit flawed ___________________________________ can sniff network traffic and crack keys to gain unauthorized access to information.
Security awareness training for all employees
Hacker
Acceptable use policies
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
14. The PRIMARY goal in developing an information security strategy is to: _________________________.
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Trusted source
Support the business objectives of the organization
Cross-site scripting attacks
15. Ultimately responsible for all that happens in the organization. The others are not individually liable for failures of security in the organization.
Security awareness training for all employees
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Detection defenses
The board of directors and senior management
16. Will associate data access with the role performed by an individual - thus restricting access to data required to perform the individual's tasks.
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Role-based policy
Exceptions to policy
17. Should be a standard requirement for the service provider.
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Background check
Decentralization
Do with the information it collects
18. Responsible for assigning user entitlements and approving access to the systems for which they are responsible.
Virus
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Data owners
Transmit e-mail messages
19. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.
Virus detection
Biometric access control systems
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
20. When the ________________ is more than the cost of the risk - the risk should be accepted.
Information contained on the equipment
Cost of control
Monitoring processes
Data owners
21. Occurs when the electrical supply drops
Digital signatures
Confidentiality
Owner of the information asset
Undervoltage (brownout)
22. 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.
Transferred risk
Multinational organization
Centralization of information security management
Waterfall chart
23. Accesses a computer or network illegally
Regular review of access control lists
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Cracker
Background check
24. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally
Overall organizational structure
Phishing
Hacker
Certificate authority (CA)
25. Scam in which a perpetrator sends an official looking email message that attempts to obtain your personal and financial information
Phishing
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Is willing to accept
Skills inventory
26. Occurs when the incoming level
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
Cyber extortionist
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
27. _______________ of the organization have the responsibility of ensuring information systems security this can include indirect personnel such as physical security personnel.
All personnel
Deeper level of analysis
Knowledge management
Patch management
28. The most fundamental evaluation criteria for the appropriate selection of any security technology is ________________________.
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Trojan horse
Digital signatures
29. An organization without any formal information security program should start with _______________________ because the implementation should be based on those security requirements.
Single sign-on (SSO) product
SWOT analysis
Defining high-level business security requirements
Control risk
30. A function of the session keys distributed by the PKI.
Biometric access control systems
Confidentiality
Examples of containment defenses
0-day vulnerabilities
31. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.
IP address packet filtering
Cracker
Owner of the information asset
Use of security metrics
32. A key indicator of performance measurement.
Waterfall chart
Centralized structure
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
33. An effective tool but primarily focuses on malicious code from external sources - and only for those applications that are online.
Certificate authority (CA)
Virus detection
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
34. The best measure for preventing the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.
Acceptable use policies
Exceptions to policy
Internal risk assessment
Transferred risk
35. 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.
Performing a risk assessment
Consensus on risks and controls
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
36. Provides process needs but not impact.
Resource dependency assessment
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
Skills inventory
37. Needs to define the access rules - which is troublesome and error prone in large organizations.
Defined objectives
Biometric access control systems
Cyber terrorist
Rule-based access control
38. Primarily reduce risk and are most effective for the protection of information assets.
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
Key controls
Phishing
OBusiness case development
39. The primary role of the information security manager in the process of information classification within the organization.
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Digital certificate
Defining high-level business security requirements
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
40. Effective and efficient in large user communities because it controls system access by the roles defined for groups of users. Users are assigned to the various roles and the system controls the access based on those roles.
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
Assess the risks to the business operation
Role-based access control
Penetration testing
41. Will prevent unauthorized access to the laptop even when the laptop is lost or stolen.
Centralized structure
Decentralization
Encryption of the hard disks
Cyber terrorist
42. Can be used to detect an external attack but would not help in authenticating a user attempting to connect.
Prioritization
Transmit e-mail messages
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Biometric access control systems
43. Provides an additional security mechanism over and above that provided by passwords alone. This is frequently used by mobile users needing to establish connectivity to a corporate network.
Knowledge management
Two-factor authentication
Methodology used in the assessment
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
44. Potentially damaging computer program that affects - or infects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works
Two-factor authentication
Undervoltage (brownout)
Virus
Penetration testing
45. 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.
Risk appetite
Key controls
MAL wear
Encryption of the hard disks
46. Most effective in protecting classified data that have been encrypted to prevent disclosure and transmission outside the organization's network.
Information security manager
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
Safeguards over keys
Data warehouse
47. 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
The data owner
Properly aligned with business goals and objectives
Penetration testing
What happened and how the breach was resolved
48. Program that hides within or looks like a legit program
Trojan horse
Defining high-level business security requirements
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Malicious software and spyware
49. The MOST important element of the request for proposal (RFP) ro assess the maturity level of the organization's information security management is _______________________.
Vulnerability assessment
Information contained on the equipment
Prioritization
Methodology used in the assessment
50. Reducing risk to a level too small to measure is _______________.
Worm
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
Transmit e-mail messages