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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. From a security standpoint - _______________________ is one of the most important topics that should be included in the contract with third-party service provider.

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






3. 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.






4. 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 -






5. 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.






6. Most effective in protecting classified data that have been encrypted to prevent disclosure and transmission outside the organization's network.






7. 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






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






9. 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.






10. An information security manager has to impress upon the human resources department the need for _____________________.






11. 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.






12. Information security architecture should always be _______________________. Alignment with IT plans or industry and security best practices is secondary by comparison.






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






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






15. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.






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






17. Occurs when the incoming level






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






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






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






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






22. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






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






24. Helps to define the minimum acceptable security that will be implemented to protect the information resources in accordance with the respective criticality levels.






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. Adherence to local regulations must always be the priority. _______________________ is the most effective compromise in this situation.






35. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






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






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






38. It is easier to manage and control a _________________.






39. 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






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






41. 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.






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






43. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.






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






45. Provides process needs but not impact.






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






47. When developing an information security program _________________ would help identify the available resources - any gaps and the training requirements for developing resources.






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






49. Cannot be minimized






50. To improve the security governance framework and achieve a higher level of maturity _____________________ is most important.