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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An information security manager has to impress upon the human resources department the need for _____________________.
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
Security awareness training for all employees
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Normalization
2. Utility program that detects and protects a personal computer from unauthorized intrusions
Consensus on risks and controls
Encryption key management
Personal firewall
Phishing
3. When mobile equipment is lost or stolen - the ______________________ matters most in determining the impact of the loss.
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
Assess the risks to the business operation
Information contained on the equipment
IP address packet filtering
4. 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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5. Because past performance is a strong predictor of future performance - _______________________ best prevents attacks from originating within an organization.
Protective switch covers
Deeper level of analysis
The board of directors and senior management
Background checks of prospective employees
6. The best measure for preventing the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.
People
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Acceptable use policies
Do with the information it collects
7. 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.
Threat assessment
Cost of control
Get senior management onboard
Resource dependency assessment
8. 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 _____________.
The authentication process is broken
Role-based access control
The data custodian
Identify the relevant systems and processes
9. Attackers who exploit flawed ___________________________________ can sniff network traffic and crack keys to gain unauthorized access to information.
Encryption
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Inherent risk
Transferred risk
10. Should be performed to identify the risk and determine needed controls.
Internal risk assessment
The authentication process is broken
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Threat assessment
11. Attackers who exploit weak application authentication controls can ___________________ and this has little to do with cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.
Notifications and opt-out provisions
The data owner
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Overall organizational structure
12. 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.
People
Spoofing attacks
Vulnerability assessment
Data mart
13. 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.
Digital certificate
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
Decentralization
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
14. 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.
Audit objectives
Hacker
The information security officer
Equal error rate (EER)
15. Inject malformed input.
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Cross-site scripting attacks
Exceptions to policy
Internal risk assessment
16. 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.
Centralized structure
Patch management
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Monitoring processes
17. 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
OBusiness case development
Process of introducing changes to systems
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
Lack of change management
18. Occurs when the incoming level
Defining high-level business security requirements
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
Skills inventory
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
19. The best indicator of the level of compliance with the service level agreement ( SLA ) data confidentiality clauses.
Comparison of cost of achievement
Access control matrix
Undervoltage (brownout)
Performing a risk assessment
20. Ensure that transmitted information can be attributed to the named sender.
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
The balanced scorecard
Digital signatures
Examples of containment defenses
21. Whenever personal data are transferred across national boundaries; ________________________ are required.
Patch management process
Multinational organization
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
Normalization
22. Addresses strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats. Although useful - a SWOT analysis is not as effective a tool.
A network vulnerability assessment
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
Defining high-level business security requirements
SWOT analysis
23. Most effective for evaluating the degree to which information security objectives are being met.
Encryption
Virus detection
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
The balanced scorecard
24. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.
Stress testing
Asset classification
Assess the risks to the business operation
Defining high-level business security requirements
25. Will associate data access with the role performed by an individual - thus restricting access to data required to perform the individual's tasks.
Waterfall chart
Cracker
Transferred risk
Role-based policy
26. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.
Information contained on the equipment
Is willing to accept
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
The information security officer
27. It is important to achieve ____________________ - and obtain inputs from various organizational entities since security needs to be aligned to the needs of the organization.
Cyber terrorist
Protective switch covers
Consensus on risks and controls
Exceptions to policy
28. Same intent as a cracker but does not have the technical skills and knowledge
Script kiddie
Prioritization
Background check
Patch management
29. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
0-day vulnerabilities
Hacker
Get senior management onboard
30. Company or person you believe will not send a virus-infect file knowingly
Protective switch covers
Trusted source
Identify the relevant systems and processes
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
31. Should be a standard requirement for the service provider.
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
Background check
Security awareness training for all employees
Service level agreements (SLAs)
32. Awareness training would most likely result in any attempted ____________ being challenged by the authorized employee
Cyber terrorist
Background checks of prospective employees
Gap analysis
Tailgating
33. A key indicator of performance measurement.
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
Two-factor authentication
Penetration testing
Information security manager
34. Culture has a significant impact on how information security will be implemented in a ______________________.
Monitoring processes
Developing an information security baseline
Multinational organization
The balanced scorecard
35. S small warehouse - designed for the end-user needs in a strategic business unit
Background check
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Data mart
Two-factor authentication
36. A method for analyzing and reducing a relational database to its most streamlined form
Requirements of the data owners
MAL wear
SWOT analysis
Normalization
37. Provide metrics to which outsourcing firms can be held accountable.
Background check
Service level agreements (SLAs)
Data classification
Prioritization
38. Reducing risk to a level too small to measure is _______________.
Data warehouse
Audit objectives
Background check
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
39. Needs to define the access rules - which is troublesome and error prone in large organizations.
Malicious software and spyware
0-day vulnerabilities
Rule-based access control
Tie security risks to key business objectives
40. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.
Transmit e-mail messages
A network vulnerability assessment
Process of introducing changes to systems
Regulatory compliance
41. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
Requirements of the data owners
Use of security metrics
Data isolation
42. Cannot be minimized
Inherent risk
Residual risk
Increase business value and confidence
Lack of change management
43. Identification and _______________ of business risk enables project managers to address areas with most significance.
Prioritization
Patch management
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
Digital certificate
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 -
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Service level agreements (SLAs)
Properly aligned with business goals and objectives
Gap analysis
45. The _____________________ should be the person with the decision-making power in the department deriving the most benefit from the asset.
Requirements of the data owners
Virus detection
Owner of the information asset
Transferred risk
46. The BEST way to justify the implementation of a _____________________ is to use a business case. Return on investment (ROI) would only provide the costs needed to preclude specific risks - and would not provide other indirect benefits such as process
Information contained on the equipment
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Virus detection
Identify the relevant systems and processes
47. When considering the value of assets ______________________ would give the information security manager the MOST objective basis for measurement of value delivery in information security governance
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Centralized structure
Transferred risk
Comparison of cost of achievement
48. Only valid if assets have first been identified and appropriately valued.
Background check
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
Asset classification
Retention of business records
49. An effective tool but primarily focuses on malicious code from external sources - and only for those applications that are online.
Centralization of information security management
Virus detection
Requirements of the data owners
Single sign-on (SSO) product
50. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.
Threat assessment
Defined objectives
IP address packet filtering
Digital certificate