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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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1. Uses security metrics to measure the performance of the information security program.
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
Classification of assets needs
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Information security manager
2. The MOST useful way to describe the objectives in the information security strategy is through ______________________.
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3. Cannot be minimized
Inherent risk
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Trusted source
Key controls
4. The risk that remains after putting into place an effective risk management program; therefore - acceptable risk is achieved when this amount is minimized.
Digital signatures
The balanced scorecard
Residual risk
Methodology used in the assessment
5. 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.
Fault-tolerant computer
Internal risk assessment
Script kiddie
Control effectiveness
6. By definition are not previously known and therefore are undetectable.
Transferred risk
Trojan horse
Creation of a business continuity plan
0-day vulnerabilities
7. Someone who uses the internet or network to destroy or damage computers for political reasons
Encryption key management
Transferred risk
Owner of the information asset
Cyber terrorist
8. Provide metrics to which outsourcing firms can be held accountable.
Threat assessment
Service level agreements (SLAs)
Penetration testing
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
9. The best measure and will involve reviewing the entire source code to detect all instances of back doors.
Cyber terrorist
Security code reviews for the entire software application
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Cyber extortionist
10. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.
Certificate authority (CA)
Classification of assets needs
Background check
Centralization of information security management
11. 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.
Cross-site scripting attacks
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Gap analysis
Is willing to accept
12. When defining the information classification policy - the ___________________ need to be identified.
The data owner
Requirements of the data owners
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
OBusiness case development
13. 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.
Monitoring processes
Centralized structure
The data owner
Penetration testing
14. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Penetration testing
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
Lack of change management
15. 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
Control effectiveness
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
Biometric access control systems
16. Culture has a significant impact on how information security will be implemented in a ______________________.
Multinational organization
Inherent risk
Penetration testing
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
17. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.
Trojan horse
Cost of control
Control risk
IP address packet filtering
18. The _____________________ should be the person with the decision-making power in the department deriving the most benefit from the asset.
Requirements of the data owners
Owner of the information asset
Stress testing
Developing an information security baseline
19. 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
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
Retention of business records
Assess the risks to the business operation
Single sign-on (SSO) product
20. The best indicator of the level of compliance with the service level agreement ( SLA ) data confidentiality clauses.
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
Regulatory compliance
Transferred risk
Access control matrix
21. Responsible for securing the information.
What happened and how the breach was resolved
Residual risk
Information contained on the equipment
The data custodian
22. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.
Patch management
Penetration testing
Trusted source
Encryption of the hard disks
23. Carries out the technical administration.
Multinational organization
Process of introducing changes to systems
Key controls
The database administrator
24. Can be used to detect an external attack but would not help in authenticating a user attempting to connect.
Spoofing attacks
Prioritization
Support the business objectives of the organization
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
25. Helps to define the minimum acceptable security that will be implemented to protect the information resources in accordance with the respective criticality levels.
Cost of control
Acceptable use policies
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
Developing an information security baseline
26. 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
Lack of change management
Undervoltage (brownout)
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
The balanced scorecard
27. Logging as well as monitoring - measuring - auditing - detecting viruses and intrusion.
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Properly aligned with business goals and objectives
Detection defenses
Vulnerability assessment
28. 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
Virus
Data classification
Security baselines
Get senior management onboard
29. Provide minimum recommended settings and do not prevent introduction of control weaknesses.'
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
Security baselines
Control effectiveness
Regular review of access control lists
30. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory
Knowledge management
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Personal firewall
Data mart
31. The security manager would be most concerned with whether _____________________ than the cost of adding additional controls.
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
Waterfall chart
The data custodian
32. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.
Skills inventory
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
Developing an information security baseline
Security awareness training for all employees
33. Has full responsibility over data.
Normalization
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
The data owner
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
34. Program that copies itself repeatedly - using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer or network
The balanced scorecard
Asset classification
Worm
Normalization
35. In assessing the degree to which an organization may be affected by new privacy legislation - information security management should first _____________________.
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
Centralization of information security management
Identify the relevant systems and processes
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
36. A function of the session keys distributed by the PKI.
Control risk
Assess the risks to the business operation
Confidentiality
Consensus on risks and controls
37. It is important to achieve ____________________ - and obtain inputs from various organizational entities since security needs to be aligned to the needs of the organization.
Prioritization
Consensus on risks and controls
Equal error rate (EER)
Is willing to accept
38. When reporting an incident to senior management - the initial information to be communicated should include an explanation of _____________________ A summary of security logs would be too technical to report to senior management. An analysis of the i
Security code reviews for the entire software application
Resource dependency assessment
What happened and how the breach was resolved
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
39. 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.
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Resource dependency assessment
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Role-based policy
40. Legal document to be signed by all employees - suppliers etc before they 'touch' the organization - to protect the organization's intellectual property.
Worm
Personal firewall
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
The information security officer
41. When the ________________ is more than the cost of the risk - the risk should be accepted.
Cost of control
Stress testing
Personal firewall
Rule-based access control
42. The MOST important element of the request for proposal (RFP) ro assess the maturity level of the organization's information security management is _______________________.
Safeguards over keys
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Methodology used in the assessment
Is willing to accept
43. Should be performed to identify the risk and determine needed controls.
Trojan horse
Internal risk assessment
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
Control risk
44. Occurs when the incoming level
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
Internal risk assessment
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
Asset classification
45. 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.
Role-based access control
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
Virus detection
Personal firewall
46. A Successful risk management should lead to a ________________.
Cyber terrorist
Background checks of prospective employees
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
47. When mobile equipment is lost or stolen - the ______________________ matters most in determining the impact of the loss.
Security risk
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
Information contained on the equipment
The database administrator
48. Program that hides within or looks like a legit program
Trojan horse
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Consensus on risks and controls
Classification of assets needs
49. An organization without any formal information security program should start with _______________________ because the implementation should be based on those security requirements.
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Defining high-level business security requirements
Detection defenses
Do with the information it collects
50. 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 _____________.
Process of introducing changes to systems
The authentication process is broken
Access control matrix
Tie security risks to key business objectives
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