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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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






2. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






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






4. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






5. Someone who uses the internet or network to destroy or damage computers for political reasons






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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.






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






13. Responsible for securing the information.






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






15. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






16. 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.






17. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






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






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






20. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






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






22. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






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






24. 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






25. The MOST important component of a privacy policy is: A Privacy policies must contain _______________; they are a high-level management statement of direction. They do not necessarily address warranties - liabilities or geographic coverage - which are






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






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






28. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






29. The best measure and will involve reviewing the entire source code to detect all instances of back doors.






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






31. 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






32. Inject malformed input.






33. Same intent as a cracker but does not have the technical skills and knowledge






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. 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.






43. Residual risk is unmanaged - i.e. - inherent risk which remains uncontrolled. This is key to the organization's _____________ and is the amount of residual risk that a business is living with that affects its viability.






44. Any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer hardware - software - data - information - or processing capability






45. __________________________ is of utmost importance. Understanding business objectives is critical in determining the security needs of the organization.






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






47. 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






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






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






50. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory







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