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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. Culture has a significant impact on how information security will be implemented in a ______________________.






2. The MOST effective approach to address issues that arise between IT management - business units and security management when implementing a new security strategy is for the information security manager to ____________________ with any security recomm






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. Will associate data access with the role performed by an individual - thus restricting access to data required to perform the individual's tasks.






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






18. Program that copies itself repeatedly - using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer or network






19. 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.






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. By definition are not previously known and therefore are undetectable.






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






24. Programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter a computer's operations






25. 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






26. It is easier to manage and control a _________________.






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






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






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. Responsible for securing the information.






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






33. Inject malformed input.






34. 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 -






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






36. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






37. New security ulnerabilities should be managed through a ________________.






38. 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






39. Carries out the technical administration.






40. _______________ of the organization have the responsibility of ensuring information systems security this can include indirect personnel such as physical security personnel.






41. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






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






43. 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.






44. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.






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






46. The first step in a risk analysis process to determine the impact to the organization - which is the ultimate goal.






47. The most important characteristic of good security policies is that they be ____________________.






48. Occurs when the incoming level






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






50. The PRIMARY goal in developing an information security strategy is to: _________________________.