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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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1. 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.






2. 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






3. _________________________ will allow the information security manager to prioritize the remedial measures and provide a means to convey a sense of urgency to management.






4. The information security manager needs to prioritize the controls based on ________________________.






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






6. Using public key infrastructure (PKI) is currently accepted as the most secure method to _____________.






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






8. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.






9. 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.






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






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






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






13. 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






14. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






16. Company or person you believe will not send a virus-infect file knowingly






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






18. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






19. Awareness training would most likely result in any attempted ____________ being challenged by the authorized employee






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






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






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






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






24. Accesses a computer or network illegally






25. 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.






26. Information security governance models are highly dependent on the _____________________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. A tool to be used in internal control assessment. KRI setup presents a threshold to alert management when controls are being compromised in business processes. This is a control tool rather than a maturity model support tool.






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






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






40. The weakest link in security implementation - and awareness would reduce this risk. Through security awareness and training programs - individual employees can be informed and sensitized on various security policies and other security topics - thus e






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






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






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






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






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






46. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






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






48. 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






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






50. Inject malformed input.







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