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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Has full responsibility over data.






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






10. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






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






12. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.






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






14. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






15. The _____________________is a severe omission and will greatly increase information security risk. Presents the GREATEST information security risk for an organization with multiple - but small - domestic processing locations






16. Responsible for securing the information.






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






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






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






20. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






21. Provides strong online authentication.






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






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






24. 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






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






26. The most relevant piece of information to include in a cost-benefit analysis of a two-factor authentication system - it would establish a cost baseline and it must be considered for the full life cycle of the control. .






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






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






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






30. Someone who uses the internet or network to destroy or damage computers for political reasons






31. Occurs when the incoming level






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. 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






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






41. 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






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






43. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






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






45. In order to highlight to management the importance of network security - the security manager should FIRST _______________.






46. 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 -






47. BEST option to improve accountability for a system administrator is to _____________________.






48. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






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






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