Test your basic knowledge |

CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Provide metrics to which outsourcing firms can be held accountable.






2. Responsible for assigning user entitlements and approving access to the systems for which they are responsible.






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






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






5. 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.






6. Legal document to be signed by all employees - suppliers etc before they 'touch' the organization - to protect the organization's intellectual property.






7. 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.






8. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






10. May show the performance result of the security related activities; however - the result is interpreted in terms of money and extends to multiple facets of security initiatives.






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






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






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






14. n a _________________________ - the annual cost of safeguards is compared with the expected cost of loss. This can then be used to justify a specific control measure.






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






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






18. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






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






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






21. Provide minimum recommended settings and do not prevent introduction of control weaknesses.'






22. Will prevent unauthorized access to the laptop even when the laptop is lost or stolen.






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






24. Requires a process to verify that the control process worked as intended. Examples such as dual-control or dual-entry bookkeeping provide verification and assurance that the process operated as intended.






25. Risk assessment is a very important process for the ___________________. Risk assessment provides information on the likelihood of occurrence of security incidence and assists in the selection of countermeasures - but not in the prioritization.






26. Occurs when the incoming level






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






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






29. Warranted in circumstances where compliance may be difficult or impossible and the risk of noncompliance is outweighed by the benefits.






30. 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 _____________.






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






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






33. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






34. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






35. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






36. 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






37. Program that hides within or looks like a legit program






38. A key indicator of performance measurement.






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






40. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






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






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






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






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






45. Provides process needs but not impact.






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






47. 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






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






49. The risk that controls may not prevent/detect an incident with a measure of control effectiveness.






50. A method for analyzing and reducing a relational database to its most streamlined form