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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Role-based access control
Centralized structure
The authentication process is broken
Exceptions to policy
2. On a company's e-commerce web site - a good legal statement regarding data privacy should include a statement regarding what the company will ___________________.
Do with the information it collects
Centralization of information security management
Residual risk
Phishing
3. Cannot be minimized
Security risk
Inherent risk
Identify the relevant systems and processes
Decentralization
4. __________________________ is of utmost importance. Understanding business objectives is critical in determining the security needs of the organization.
Alignment with business strategy
Script kiddie
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
Conduct a risk assessment
5. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.
Spoofing attacks
Lack of change management
Support the business objectives of the organization
The data owner
6. 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
People
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Control effectiveness
include security responsibilities in a job description
7. Would reduce the possibility of an individual accidentally pressing the power button on a device - thereby turning off the device.
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Protective switch covers
The information security officer
Spoofing attacks
8. The MOST important element of the request for proposal (RFP) ro assess the maturity level of the organization's information security management is _______________________.
Inherent risk
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
Methodology used in the assessment
0-day vulnerabilities
9. The most important characteristic of good security policies is that they be ____________________.
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Aligned with organizational goals
Hacker
Data warehouse
10. _______________ of the organization have the responsibility of ensuring information systems security this can include indirect personnel such as physical security personnel.
SWOT analysis
Retention of business records
All personnel
Developing an information security baseline
11. Responsible for securing the information.
Retention of business records
Data isolation
include security responsibilities in a job description
The data custodian
12. Programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter a computer's operations
Script kiddie
Return on security investment (ROSI)
MAL wear
Confidentiality
13. Residual risk is unmanaged - i.e. - inherent risk which remains uncontrolled. This is key to the organization's _____________ and is the amount of residual risk that a business is living with that affects its viability.
Asset classification
All personnel
Risk appetite
Equal error rate (EER)
14. Needs to define the access rules - which is troublesome and error prone in large organizations.
Tailgating
Access control matrix
Rule-based access control
Tie security risks to key business objectives
15. Should be performed to identify the risk and determine needed controls.
Virus
Skills inventory
Internal risk assessment
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
16. An information security manager has to impress upon the human resources department the need for _____________________.
Asset classification
Security awareness training for all employees
Personal firewall
Cracker
17. The BEST justification to convince management to invest in an information security program is that doing so would _________________.
Get senior management onboard
The balanced scorecard
Increase business value and confidence
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
18. The _____________________ should be the person with the decision-making power in the department deriving the most benefit from the asset.
Multinational organization
Patch management
Owner of the information asset
Tailgating
19. Has to be integrated into the requirements of every software application's design.
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
Detection defenses
Encryption key management
Control risk
20. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.
Detection defenses
Process of introducing changes to systems
Inherent risk
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
21. The PRIMARY goal in developing an information security strategy is to: _________________________.
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Support the business objectives of the organization
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
22. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.
The balanced scorecard
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
Normalization
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
23. The security manager would be most concerned with whether _____________________ than the cost of adding additional controls.
Patch management
A network vulnerability assessment
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
24. 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.
Trojan horse
Security code reviews for the entire software application
People
Certificate authority (CA)
25. Should be a standard requirement for the service provider.
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Background check
Deeper level of analysis
Two-factor authentication
26. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.
Consensus on risks and controls
Get senior management onboard
Encryption key management
Malicious software and spyware
27. Used to understand the flow of one process into another.
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Control risk
Personal firewall
Waterfall chart
28. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
Proficiency testing
Malicious software and spyware
The balanced scorecard
29. Utility program that detects and protects a personal computer from unauthorized intrusions
Personal firewall
The data owner
The data custodian
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
30. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.
Worm
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Classification of assets needs
MAL wear
31. A repository of historical data organized by subject to support decision makers in the org
Data warehouse
Undervoltage (brownout)
Virus detection
0-day vulnerabilities
32. Will associate data access with the role performed by an individual - thus restricting access to data required to perform the individual's tasks.
Gap analysis
Cross-site scripting attacks
Role-based policy
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
33. Identification and _______________ of business risk enables project managers to address areas with most significance.
Vulnerability assessment
Support the business objectives of the organization
Prioritization
Requirements of the data owners
34. S small warehouse - designed for the end-user needs in a strategic business unit
Residual risk
Data mart
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
Logon banners
35. Attackers who exploit flawed ___________________________________ can sniff network traffic and crack keys to gain unauthorized access to information.
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Safeguards over keys
Increase business value and confidence
The information security officer
36. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps
Role-based access control
Data isolation
Support the business objectives of the organization
Virus
37. Scam in which a perpetrator sends an official looking email message that attempts to obtain your personal and financial information
Phishing
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Patch management
Encryption
38. Ensure that transmitted information can be attributed to the named sender.
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Digital signatures
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
Undervoltage (brownout)
39. 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
Use of security metrics
Information contained on the equipment
What happened and how the breach was resolved
Security awareness training for all employees
40. Most effective in protecting classified data that have been encrypted to prevent disclosure and transmission outside the organization's network.
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Safeguards over keys
Background check
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
41. The risk that has been assumed by a third party and may not necessarily be equal to the minimal form of residual risk.
Examples of containment defenses
Asset classification
Transferred risk
Is willing to accept
42. Responsible for assigning user entitlements and approving access to the systems for which they are responsible.
Data owners
People
Background checks of prospective employees
Asset classification
43. Helps to define the minimum acceptable security that will be implemented to protect the information resources in accordance with the respective criticality levels.
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
Developing an information security baseline
Stress testing
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
44. Primarily reduce risk and are most effective for the protection of information assets.
Regulatory compliance
Decentralization
Risk appetite
Key controls
45. The best measure for preventing the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Data warehouse
Acceptable use policies
Transferred risk
46. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.
MAL wear
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
Security baselines
IP address packet filtering
47. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Threat assessment
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
Stress testing
48. Allows you to use field security personnel as security missionaries or ambassadors to spread the security awareness message. It allows security administrators to be more responsive.
Use of security metrics
Decentralization
Requirements of the data owners
The board of directors and senior management
49. Senior management commitment and support for information security can BEST be obtained through presentations that ____________________.
Process of introducing changes to systems
Do with the information it collects
The data owner
Tie security risks to key business objectives
50. 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.
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
Waterfall chart
Multinational organization
Confidentiality