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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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1. Logging as well as monitoring - measuring - auditing - detecting viruses and intrusion.






2. 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.






3. Involves the correction of software weaknesses and would necessarily follow change management procedures.






4. Cannot be minimized






5. Provides process needs but not impact.






6. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






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






8. 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.






9. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






10. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






11. To identify known vulnerabilities based on common misconfigurations and missing updates.






12. The primary role of the information security manager in the process of information classification within the organization.






13. Inject malformed input.






14. 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






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






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






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






18. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






19. Most effective in protecting classified data that have been encrypted to prevent disclosure and transmission outside the organization's network.






20. Can be used to detect an external attack but would not help in authenticating a user attempting to connect.






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






22. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






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






24. Accesses a computer or network illegally






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






26. 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.






27. Helps to define the minimum acceptable security that will be implemented to protect the information resources in accordance with the respective criticality levels.






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






29. Determined by the business risk - i.e. - the potential impact on the business of the loss - corruption or disclosure of information. It must be applied to information in all forms - both electronic and physical (paper) - and should be applied by the






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. Whenever personal data are transferred across national boundaries; ________________________ are required.






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






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






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






38. The BEST way to justify the implementation of a _____________________ is to use a business case. Return on investment (ROI) would only provide the costs needed to preclude specific risks - and would not provide other indirect benefits such as process






39. The MOST important element of the request for proposal (RFP) ro assess the maturity level of the organization's information security management is _______________________.






40. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






47. 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.






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






49. Has full responsibility over data.






50. Would reduce the possibility of an individual accidentally pressing the power button on a device - thereby turning off the device.