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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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1. Uses security metrics to measure the performance of the information security program.






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Provides strong online authentication.






7. 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.






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






9. Primarily reduce risk and are most effective for the protection of information assets.






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






11. 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 -






12. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.






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






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






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






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






17. Ultimately responsible for all that happens in the organization. The others are not individually liable for failures of security in the organization.






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






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






20. The MOST useful way to describe the objectives in the information security strategy is through ______________________.

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21. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






22. 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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23. Determined by the business risk - i.e. - the potential impact on the business of the loss - corruption or disclosure of information. It must be applied to information in all forms - both electronic and physical (paper) - and should be applied by the






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






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






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






27. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






28. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






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






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






31. 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 _____________.






32. 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.






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






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






35. The MOST important element of an information security strategy.






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






37. Risk should be reduced to a level that an organization _____________.






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






39. When the ________________ is more than the cost of the risk - the risk should be accepted.






40. 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






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






49. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






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







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