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






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






3. Has to be integrated into the requirements of every software application's design.






4. 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.






5. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






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






7. Provide metrics to which outsourcing firms can be held accountable.






8. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






9. May show the performance result of the security related activities; however - the result is interpreted in terms of money and extends to multiple facets of security initiatives.






10. Potentially damaging computer program that affects - or infects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works






11. 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






12. Would reduce the possibility of an individual accidentally pressing the power button on a device - thereby turning off the device.






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






14. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.






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






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






17. Will associate data access with the role performed by an individual - thus restricting access to data required to perform the individual's tasks.






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






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






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






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






22. Used to understand the flow of one process into another.






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. Carries out the technical administration.






33. The risk that remains after putting into place an effective risk management program; therefore - acceptable risk is achieved when this amount is minimized.






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






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






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






37. Should be a standard requirement for the service provider.






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






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






40. 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.






41. 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.






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






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






44. 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






45. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






46. _________________________ will allow the information security manager to prioritize the remedial measures and provide a means to convey a sense of urgency to management.






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






50. 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.