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






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






3. 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.






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






5. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory






6. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






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






8. 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.






9. __________________________ is of utmost importance. Understanding business objectives is critical in determining the security needs of the organization.






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






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






12. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






13. 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.






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






15. Provides strong online authentication.






16. The best measure and will involve reviewing the entire source code to detect all instances of back doors.






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






18. 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






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






20. When defining the information classification policy - the ___________________ need to be identified.






21. Provides process needs but not impact.






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.






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






35. 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






36. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.






37. 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.






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






39. On a company's e-commerce web site - a good legal statement regarding data privacy should include a statement regarding what the company will ___________________.






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






41. 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.






42. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






43. 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.






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






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






47. Someone who uses email as a vehicle for extortion; send company threatening emails indicating they will expose confidential information - exploit security launch - etc.






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






49. Carries out the technical administration.






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