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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Someone who uses the internet or network to destroy or damage computers for political reasons
Consensus on risks and controls
Cyber terrorist
Risk appetite
Performing a risk assessment
2. Same intent as a cracker but does not have the technical skills and knowledge
Script kiddie
Vulnerability assessment
Virus detection
Notifications and opt-out provisions
3. Provides strong online authentication.
Acceptable use policies
Malicious software and spyware
Internal risk assessment
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
4. When defining the information classification policy - the ___________________ need to be identified.
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
Requirements of the data owners
Control risk
Cyber extortionist
5. The _____________________ should be the person with the decision-making power in the department deriving the most benefit from the asset.
Information security manager
Owner of the information asset
Multinational organization
Retention of business records
6. An organization without any formal information security program should start with _______________________ because the implementation should be based on those security requirements.
Safeguards over keys
Process of introducing changes to systems
Biometric access control systems
Defining high-level business security requirements
7. 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 -
Confidentiality
Centralized structure
Trusted source
Gap analysis
8. 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
Asset classification
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
Control effectiveness
OBusiness case development
9. 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
Internal risk assessment
The data owner
Notifications and opt-out provisions
Cost of control
10. Company or person you believe will not send a virus-infect file knowingly
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Script kiddie
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Trusted source
11. Results in greater uniformity and better adherence to security policies. It is generally less expensive to administer due to the economies of scale. However - turnaround can be slower due to the lack of alignment with business units.
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Malicious software and spyware
Centralization of information security management
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
12. The risk that has been assumed by a third party and may not necessarily be equal to the minimal form of residual risk.
Logon banners
Cross-site scripting attacks
Service level agreements (SLAs)
Transferred risk
13. Senior management commitment and support for information security can BEST be obtained through presentations that ____________________.
Cyber extortionist
The balanced scorecard
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Normalization
14. Utility program that detects and protects a personal computer from unauthorized intrusions
Security baselines
People
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
Personal firewall
15. provides the most effective protection of data on mobile devices.
Encryption
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Tailgating
16. It is important to achieve ____________________ - and obtain inputs from various organizational entities since security needs to be aligned to the needs of the organization.
Consensus on risks and controls
Support the business objectives of the organization
Digital signatures
Is willing to accept
17. Information security governance models are highly dependent on the _____________________.
Overall organizational structure
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
Patch management
Knowledge management
18. Responsible for securing the information.
The data custodian
Access control matrix
Virus detection
Encryption of the hard disks
19. Information security architecture should always be _______________________. Alignment with IT plans or industry and security best practices is secondary by comparison.
Properly aligned with business goals and objectives
Safeguards over keys
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
20. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.
Malicious software and spyware
Phishing
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Security code reviews for the entire software application
21. A key indicator of performance measurement.
OBusiness case development
Regulatory compliance
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
22. The MOST important element of an information security strategy.
Regular review of access control lists
Role-based policy
Defined objectives
Security awareness training for all employees
23. Attackers who exploit flawed ___________________________________ can sniff network traffic and crack keys to gain unauthorized access to information.
Data warehouse
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Exceptions to policy
24. Only valid if assets have first been identified and appropriately valued.
Two-factor authentication
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
Virus
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
25. 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
Logon banners
Service level agreements (SLAs)
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Get senior management onboard
26. Responsible for assigning user entitlements and approving access to the systems for which they are responsible.
Classification of assets needs
Penetration testing
Normalization
Data owners
27. 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
Single sign-on (SSO) product
The data custodian
Virus detection
Transferred risk
28. An information security manager has to impress upon the human resources department the need for _____________________.
Virus
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Defined objectives
Security awareness training for all employees
29. It is easier to manage and control a _________________.
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Centralized structure
Equal error rate (EER)
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
30. Program that copies itself repeatedly - using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer or network
Tailgating
Encryption of the hard disks
Worm
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
31. From a security standpoint - _______________________ is one of the most important topics that should be included in the contract with third-party service provider.
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32. 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.
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
Background check
0-day vulnerabilities
Equal error rate (EER)
33. Occurs when the incoming level
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
Developing an information security baseline
SWOT analysis
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
34. Occurs when the electrical supply drops
Gap analysis
Undervoltage (brownout)
Is willing to accept
Asset classification
35. When developing an information security program _________________ would help identify the available resources - any gaps and the training requirements for developing resources.
Fault-tolerant computer
Skills inventory
MAL wear
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
36. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.
Developing an information security baseline
Centralized structure
Classification of assets needs
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
37. Warranted in circumstances where compliance may be difficult or impossible and the risk of noncompliance is outweighed by the benefits.
Exceptions to policy
Transmit e-mail messages
Monitoring processes
Script kiddie
38. Used to understand the flow of one process into another.
Overall organizational structure
Hacker
include security responsibilities in a job description
Waterfall chart
39. 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.
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
The balanced scorecard
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Lack of change management
40. Computer that has duplicate components so it can continue to operate when one of its main components fail
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
Fault-tolerant computer
Do with the information it collects
41. New security ulnerabilities should be managed through a ________________.
Patch management process
Data classification
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
42. The risk that controls may not prevent/detect an incident with a measure of control effectiveness.
MAL wear
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Creation of a business continuity plan
Control risk
43. 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
Examples of containment defenses
Developing an information security baseline
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
People
44. Provides process needs but not impact.
Resource dependency assessment
Confidentiality
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
What happened and how the breach was resolved
45. 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.
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
Regulatory compliance
Transmit e-mail messages
46. An internal review of a web-based application system finds the ability to gain access to all employees' accounts by changing the employee's ID on the URL used for accessing the account. It means _____________.
Prioritization
The authentication process is broken
Skills inventory
Information contained on the equipment
47. Culture has a significant impact on how information security will be implemented in a ______________________.
Data classification
Multinational organization
Comparison of cost of achievement
Digital signatures
48. Will associate data access with the role performed by an individual - thus restricting access to data required to perform the individual's tasks.
Return on security investment (ROSI)
MAL wear
Role-based policy
Information security manager
49. In assessing the degree to which an organization may be affected by new privacy legislation - information security management should first _____________________.
Multinational organization
Biometric access control systems
Audit objectives
Identify the relevant systems and processes
50. Can be used to detect an external attack but would not help in authenticating a user attempting to connect.
Biometric access control systems
Security code reviews for the entire software application
Return on security investment (ROSI)
Intrusion detection system (IDS)