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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. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.






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






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






4. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






5. A key indicator of performance measurement.






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






7. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






8. Are expensive - so they have to be used in areas where the risk is at its greatest level. These areas are the ones with high impact and high frequency of occurrence.






9. Scam in which a perpetrator sends an official looking email message that attempts to obtain your personal and financial information






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






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






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






13. Computer that has duplicate components so it can continue to operate when one of its main components fail






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






15. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






16. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






17. The best strategy for risk management is to ___________________- as this will take into account the organization's appetite for risk and the fact that it would not be practical to eliminate all risk.






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






19. Has full responsibility over data.






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






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






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






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






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






25. The MOST important element of the request for proposal (RFP) ro assess the maturity level of the organization's information security management is _______________________.






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






27. Should PRIMARILY be based on regulatory and legal requirements.






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






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






30. btaining senior management support for establishing a warm site can BEST be accomplished by ____________________ - including a cost-benefit analysis - will be most persuasive to management. A risk assessment may be included in the business case - but






31. 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






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






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






34. Senior management commitment and support for information security can BEST be obtained through presentations that ____________________.






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. 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.






37. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






38. The MOST effective way to ensure network users are aware of their responsibilities to comply with an organization's security requirements is - ______________ would appear every time the user logs on - and the user would be required to read and agree






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






40. 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






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






42. 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.






43. The BEST justification to convince management to invest in an information security program is that doing so would _________________.






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






45. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






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






47. Occurs when the incoming level






48. Potentially damaging computer program that affects - or infects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works






49. Most effective in protecting classified data that have been encrypted to prevent disclosure and transmission outside the organization's network.






50. Any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer hardware - software - data - information - or processing capability