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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A function of the session keys distributed by the PKI.
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Confidentiality
Conduct a risk assessment
Data owners
2. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.
Role-based access control
IP address packet filtering
Virus detection
Examples of containment defenses
3. In biometric systems where the possibility of false rejects is a problem - it may be necessary to reduce sensitivity and thereby increase the number of false accepts.
Equal error rate (EER)
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
Cracker
Safeguards over keys
4. Responsible for securing the information.
The data custodian
0-day vulnerabilities
Decentralization
Threat assessment
5. Provide minimum recommended settings and do not prevent introduction of control weaknesses.'
Security baselines
Data classification
Comparison of cost of achievement
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
6. The job of the information security officer on a management team is to ___________________.
The authentication process is broken
The database administrator
Waterfall chart
Assess the risks to the business operation
7. Carries out the technical administration.
Patch management
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
The database administrator
Security risk
8. Can be used to detect an external attack but would not help in authenticating a user attempting to connect.
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
The authentication process is broken
Resource dependency assessment
9. The security manager would be most concerned with whether _____________________ than the cost of adding additional controls.
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
Cross-site scripting attacks
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
OBusiness case development
10. 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.
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
The data custodian
Monitoring processes
Equal error rate (EER)
11. Should be performed to identify the risk and determine needed controls.
Alignment with business strategy
Gap analysis
Access control matrix
Internal risk assessment
12. Scam in which a perpetrator sends an official looking email message that attempts to obtain your personal and financial information
Role-based policy
The data owner
Overall organizational structure
Phishing
13. Program that hides within or looks like a legit program
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Regular review of access control lists
Trojan horse
Acceptable use policies
14. The BEST justification to convince management to invest in an information security program is that doing so would _________________.
Information security manager
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Increase business value and confidence
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
15. Someone who uses email as a vehicle for extortion; send company threatening emails indicating they will expose confidential information - exploit security launch - etc.
Cyber extortionist
Return on security investment (ROSI)
Undervoltage (brownout)
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
16. 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
Undervoltage (brownout)
Creation of a business continuity plan
Key controls
Biometric access control systems
17. _______________ of the organization have the responsibility of ensuring information systems security this can include indirect personnel such as physical security personnel.
Properly aligned with business goals and objectives
All personnel
Skills inventory
Monitoring processes
18. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.
Stress testing
Tailgating
Inherent risk
What happened and how the breach was resolved
19. 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
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Retention of business records
Get senior management onboard
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
20. Responsible for assigning user entitlements and approving access to the systems for which they are responsible.
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
Data owners
Resource dependency assessment
21. 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
Notifications and opt-out provisions
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Increase business value and confidence
Assess the risks to the business operation
22. 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.
Regular review of access control lists
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Waterfall chart
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
23. Most effective for evaluating the degree to which information security objectives are being met.
Use of security metrics
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
The balanced scorecard
Centralization of information security management
24. 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.
Return on security investment (ROSI)
Comparison of cost of achievement
Do with the information it collects
Script kiddie
25. S small warehouse - designed for the end-user needs in a strategic business unit
Multinational organization
Data mart
Certificate authority (CA)
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
26. An information security manager has to impress upon the human resources department the need for _____________________.
Hacker
Security awareness training for all employees
The board of directors and senior management
Identify the relevant systems and processes
27. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Centralized structure
Examples of containment defenses
28. 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 -
Risk appetite
Process of introducing changes to systems
Gap analysis
Support the business objectives of the organization
29. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.
Data owners
Asset classification
Performing a risk assessment
Biometric access control systems
30. The risk that remains after putting into place an effective risk management program; therefore - acceptable risk is achieved when this amount is minimized.
Residual risk
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
Background check
Tie security risks to key business objectives
31. 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.
The authentication process is broken
Creation of a business continuity plan
Multinational organization
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
32. 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
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Safeguards over keys
Information contained on the equipment
What happened and how the breach was resolved
33. The MOST useful way to describe the objectives in the information security strategy is through ______________________.
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34. Someone who uses the internet or network to destroy or damage computers for political reasons
Cyber terrorist
Spoofing attacks
The database administrator
Assess the risks to the business operation
35. When mobile equipment is lost or stolen - the ______________________ matters most in determining the impact of the loss.
Audit objectives
Encryption of the hard disks
Information contained on the equipment
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
36. The best measure and will involve reviewing the entire source code to detect all instances of back doors.
Logon banners
0-day vulnerabilities
Worm
Security code reviews for the entire software application
37. Information security governance models are highly dependent on the _____________________.
The database administrator
Overall organizational structure
Tailgating
0-day vulnerabilities
38. provides the most effective protection of data on mobile devices.
Process of introducing changes to systems
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Information security manager
Encryption
39. To identify known vulnerabilities based on common misconfigurations and missing updates.
A network vulnerability assessment
Aligned with organizational goals
Alignment with business strategy
Methodology used in the assessment
40. Most effective in providing reasonable assurance of physical access compliance to an unmanned server room controlled with biometric devices.
Waterfall chart
Protective switch covers
Access control matrix
Regular review of access control lists
41. The starting point for driving management's attention to information security. All other choices will follow the risk assessment.
Residual risk
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
0-day vulnerabilities
42. Occurs after the risk assessment process - it does not measure it.
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Use of security metrics
Gain unauthorized access to applications
43. Using public key infrastructure (PKI) is currently accepted as the most secure method to _____________.
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
Encryption
Transmit e-mail messages
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
44. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.
Biometric access control systems
Retention of business records
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
The information security officer
45. 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.
Regulatory compliance
include security responsibilities in a job description
Support the business objectives of the organization
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
46. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.
Proficiency testing
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Cracker
47. Ensure that transmitted information can be attributed to the named sender.
Developing an information security baseline
Encryption key management
Digital signatures
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
48. Only valid if assets have first been identified and appropriately valued.
Comparison of cost of achievement
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
Trojan horse
Overall organizational structure
49. A method for analyzing and reducing a relational database to its most streamlined form
Normalization
Patch management
Resource dependency assessment
Defining high-level business security requirements
50. Awareness training would most likely result in any attempted ____________ being challenged by the authorized employee
Transferred risk
Skills inventory
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Tailgating