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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
The board of directors and senior management
Background check
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
Get senior management onboard
2. 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.
Inherent risk
Trojan horse
Asset classification
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
3. 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.
Control effectiveness
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
Properly aligned with business goals and objectives
4. When defining the information classification policy - the ___________________ need to be identified.
Confidentiality
Data isolation
Requirements of the data owners
Patch management process
5. In assessing the degree to which an organization may be affected by new privacy legislation - information security management should first _____________________.
Malicious software and spyware
Identify the relevant systems and processes
Aligned with organizational goals
Role-based access control
6. 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.
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Use of security metrics
Information security manager
The data custodian
7. By definition are not previously known and therefore are undetectable.
0-day vulnerabilities
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
8. A key indicator of performance measurement.
Notifications and opt-out provisions
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
9. 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
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Lack of change management
Data mart
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
10. 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.
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
Role-based access control
Lack of change management
Virus
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.
Retention of business records
Monitoring processes
Digital certificate
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
12. Program that hides within or looks like a legit program
Multinational organization
Trojan horse
Security baselines
Regular review of access control lists
13. _________________________ will allow the information security manager to prioritize the remedial measures and provide a means to convey a sense of urgency to management.
SWOT analysis
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Performing a risk assessment
Role-based policy
14. Identification and _______________ of business risk enables project managers to address areas with most significance.
Audit objectives
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
Prioritization
Undervoltage (brownout)
15. The job of the information security officer on a management team is to ___________________.
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
People
Assess the risks to the business operation
Get senior management onboard
16. The MOST important element of an information security strategy.
Defined objectives
Aligned with organizational goals
Transmit e-mail messages
Comparison of cost of achievement
17. Scam in which a perpetrator sends an official looking email message that attempts to obtain your personal and financial information
MAL wear
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Phishing
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
18. A function of the session keys distributed by the PKI.
Confidentiality
MAL wear
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Access control matrix
19. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.
Security risk
Data owners
Inherent risk
Audit objectives
20. To improve the security governance framework and achieve a higher level of maturity _____________________ is most important.
Comparison of cost of achievement
Audit objectives
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
Examples of containment defenses
21. Only valid if assets have first been identified and appropriately valued.
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
Patch management
Trusted source
22. BEST option to improve accountability for a system administrator is to _____________________.
Use of security metrics
Creation of a business continuity plan
include security responsibilities in a job description
Malicious software and spyware
23. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.
Access control matrix
The information security officer
Exceptions to policy
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
24. Senior management commitment and support for information security can BEST be obtained through presentations that ____________________.
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Two-factor authentication
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Biometric access control systems
25. Potentially damaging computer program that affects - or infects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
Aligned with organizational goals
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
Virus
26. Uses security metrics to measure the performance of the information security program.
Encryption
Logon banners
Certificate authority (CA)
Information security manager
27. Attackers who exploit weak application authentication controls can ___________________ and this has little to do with cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.
Classification of assets needs
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Notifications and opt-out provisions
Retention of business records
28. The first step in a risk analysis process to determine the impact to the organization - which is the ultimate goal.
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
Cracker
Biometric access control systems
29. A repository of historical data organized by subject to support decision makers in the org
Key controls
0-day vulnerabilities
Security code reviews for the entire software application
Data warehouse
30. Provide metrics to which outsourcing firms can be held accountable.
Service level agreements (SLAs)
Patch management
Defining high-level business security requirements
Role-based policy
31. __________________________ is of utmost importance. Understanding business objectives is critical in determining the security needs of the organization.
Lack of change management
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Alignment with business strategy
Cyber extortionist
32. A method for analyzing and reducing a relational database to its most streamlined form
Normalization
Applying the proper classification to the data
OBusiness case development
Creation of a business continuity plan
33. In order to highlight to management the importance of network security - the security manager should FIRST _______________.
IP address packet filtering
Conduct a risk assessment
Internal risk assessment
Increase business value and confidence
34. The primary role of the information security manager in the process of information classification within the organization.
Digital signatures
Cyber terrorist
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
35. 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.
Cross-site scripting attacks
Regulatory compliance
The information security officer
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
36. Someone who uses email as a vehicle for extortion; send company threatening emails indicating they will expose confidential information - exploit security launch - etc.
Monitoring processes
A network vulnerability assessment
Cost of control
Cyber extortionist
37. 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.
Get senior management onboard
Equal error rate (EER)
Support the business objectives of the organization
Information security manager
38. Provide minimum recommended settings and do not prevent introduction of control weaknesses.'
Script kiddie
Security baselines
Examples of containment defenses
Notifications and opt-out provisions
39. Cannot be minimized
Virus detection
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
Inherent risk
Security awareness training for all employees
40. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.
Security awareness training for all employees
Safeguards over keys
Spoofing attacks
The board of directors and senior management
41. Adherence to local regulations must always be the priority. _______________________ is the most effective compromise in this situation.
Transferred risk
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
Prioritization
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
42. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps
Data isolation
Safeguards over keys
Defining high-level business security requirements
Vulnerability assessment
43. Someone who uses the internet or network to destroy or damage computers for political reasons
Data classification
The database administrator
Owner of the information asset
Cyber terrorist
44. 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.
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Deeper level of analysis
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
Script kiddie
45. Can be used to detect an external attack but would not help in authenticating a user attempting to connect.
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Detection defenses
Audit objectives
Regulatory compliance
46. 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
Internal risk assessment
Fault-tolerant computer
Single sign-on (SSO) product
0-day vulnerabilities
47. Will prevent unauthorized access to the laptop even when the laptop is lost or stolen.
Inherent risk
Encryption of the hard disks
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Transmit e-mail messages
48. The security manager would be most concerned with whether _____________________ than the cost of adding additional controls.
Inherent risk
Patch management process
Multinational organization
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
49. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.
Digital signatures
The information security officer
include security responsibilities in a job description
Creation of a business continuity plan
50. The MOST effective way to ensure network users are aware of their responsibilities to comply with an organization's security requirements is - ______________ would appear every time the user logs on - and the user would be required to read and agree
Biometric access control systems
Skills inventory
Virus detection
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