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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. New security ulnerabilities should be managed through a ________________.






2. Has full responsibility over data.






3. Inject malformed input.






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






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






6. It is important to achieve ____________________ - and obtain inputs from various organizational entities since security needs to be aligned to the needs of the organization.






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






8. 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.






9. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






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






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






12. The MOST important component of a privacy policy is: A Privacy policies must contain _______________; they are a high-level management statement of direction. They do not necessarily address warranties - liabilities or geographic coverage - which are






13. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






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






15. Carries out the technical administration.






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






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






18. Attackers who exploit weak application authentication controls can ___________________ and this has little to do with cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.






19. The MOST useful way to describe the objectives in the information security strategy is through ______________________.

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






21. 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






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






23. The job of the information security officer on a management team is to ___________________.






24. 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.






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






26. 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.






27. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.






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






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






30. Are not infallible. When tuning the solution - one has to adjust the sensitivity level to give preference either to false reject rate (type I error rate) where the system will be more prone to err denying access to a valid user or erring and allowing






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






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






33. A Successful risk management should lead to a ________________.






34. 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.






35. Ensure that transmitted information can be attributed to the named sender.






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. Responsible for securing the information.






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






42. Most effective for evaluating the degree to which information security objectives are being met.






43. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






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






45. 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.






46. 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






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






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






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