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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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






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






3. A key indicator of performance measurement.






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






5. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






6. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






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






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






9. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






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






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






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






14. An information security manager has to impress upon the human resources department the need for _____________________.






15. Identification and _______________ of business risk enables project managers to address areas with most significance.






16. 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.






17. Potentially damaging computer program that affects - or infects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works






18. 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.






19. btaining senior management support for establishing a warm site can BEST be accomplished by ____________________ - including a cost-benefit analysis - will be most persuasive to management. A risk assessment may be included in the business case - but






20. Lists only the threats that the information asset is exposed to. It does not consider the value of the asset and impact of the threat on the value.






21. 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






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






23. 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 -






24. 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.






25. Addresses strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats. Although useful - a SWOT analysis is not as effective a tool.






26. 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.






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






28. The risk that remains after putting into place an effective risk management program; therefore - acceptable risk is achieved when this amount is minimized.






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

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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






37. Lists only the vulnerabilities inherent in the information asset that can attract threats. It does not consider the value of the asset and the impact of perceived threats on the value.






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






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






40. Occurs after the risk assessment process - it does not measure it.






41. Used to understand the flow of one process into another.






42. 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.






43. 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






44. The risk that has been assumed by a third party and may not necessarily be equal to the minimal form of residual risk.






45. The best indicator of the level of compliance with the service level agreement ( SLA ) data confidentiality clauses.






46. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






47. 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. .






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






49. Same intent as a cracker but does not have the technical skills and knowledge






50. Effective and efficient in large user communities because it controls system access by the roles defined for groups of users. Users are assigned to the various roles and the system controls the access based on those roles.







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