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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. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






2. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.






3. 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






4. Uses security metrics to measure the performance of the information security program.






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






6. A notice that guarantees a user or a web site is legitimate






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






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. Most effective for evaluating the degree to which information security objectives are being met.






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. Responsible for securing the information.






17. provides the most effective protection of data on mobile devices.






18. A method for analyzing and reducing a relational database to its most streamlined form






19. A function of the session keys distributed by the PKI.






20. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






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






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






23. The risk that controls may not prevent/detect an incident with a measure of control effectiveness.






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






25. Primarily reduce risk and are most effective for the protection of information assets.






26. 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 _____________.






27. The most relevant piece of information to include in a cost-benefit analysis of a two-factor authentication system - it would establish a cost baseline and it must be considered for the full life cycle of the control. .






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






29. Ultimately responsible for all that happens in the organization. The others are not individually liable for failures of security in the organization.






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






31. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.






32. 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 -






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






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






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






36. 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






37. The PRIMARY goal in developing an information security strategy is to: _________________________.






38. Lists only the threats that the information asset is exposed to. It does not consider the value of the asset and impact of the threat on the value.






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






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






41. Warranted in circumstances where compliance may be difficult or impossible and the risk of noncompliance is outweighed by the benefits.






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






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






44. Because past performance is a strong predictor of future performance - _______________________ best prevents attacks from originating within an organization.






45. New security ulnerabilities should be managed through a ________________.






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






47. A repository of historical data organized by subject to support decision makers in the org






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






49. The most critical process for deciding which part of the information system/business process should be given prioritization in case of a security incident.It provides results - such as impact from a security incident and required response times.






50. Inject malformed input.