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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. Carries out the technical administration.






2. Program that copies itself repeatedly - using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer or network






3. The best strategy for risk management is to ___________________- as this will take into account the organization's appetite for risk and the fact that it would not be practical to eliminate all risk.






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






5. 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






6. An effective tool but primarily focuses on malicious code from external sources - and only for those applications that are online.






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






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






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






10. A key indicator of performance measurement.






11. Inject malformed input.






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






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






14. 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.






15. 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.






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






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






18. Has full responsibility over data.






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






20. The best measure and will involve reviewing the entire source code to detect all instances of back doors.






21. An organization without any formal information security program should start with _______________________ because the implementation should be based on those security requirements.






22. 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.






23. 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.






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






31. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.






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






33. Culture has a significant impact on how information security will be implemented in a ______________________.






34. 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






35. Should be performed to identify the risk and determine needed controls.






36. 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.






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






44. Responsible for securing the information.






45. Information security governance models are highly dependent on the _____________________.






46. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






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






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






49. Requires a process to verify that the control process worked as intended. Examples such as dual-control or dual-entry bookkeeping provide verification and assurance that the process operated as intended.






50. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps