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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. 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.






2. By definition are not previously known and therefore are undetectable.






3. The job of the information security officer on a management team is to ___________________.






4. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






6. Computer that has duplicate components so it can continue to operate when one of its main components fail






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






8. 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.






9. Inject malformed input.






10. Ensure that transmitted information can be attributed to the named sender.






11. 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.






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






13. 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






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






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






16. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






17. Will prevent unauthorized access to the laptop even when the laptop is lost or stolen.






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






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






20. The security manager would be most concerned with whether _____________________ than the cost of adding additional controls.






21. Provides strong online authentication.






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. There is a time lag between the time when a security vulnerability is first published - and the time when a patch is delivered. - The best protection is to _____________________ until a patch is installed.






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. On a company's e-commerce web site - a good legal statement regarding data privacy should include a statement regarding what the company will ___________________.






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






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






38. The MOST important element of an information security strategy.






39. Only valid if assets have first been identified and appropriately valued.






40. When mobile equipment is lost or stolen - the ______________________ matters most in determining the impact of the loss.






41. Has full responsibility over data.






42. 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






43. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.






44. 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 _____________.






45. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






46. 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.






47. Awareness training would most likely result in any attempted ____________ being challenged by the authorized employee






48. The first step in a risk analysis process to determine the impact to the organization - which is the ultimate goal.






49. S small warehouse - designed for the end-user needs in a strategic business unit






50. Provides process needs but not impact.