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






2. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






3. Responsible for assigning user entitlements and approving access to the systems for which they are responsible.






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






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. The most fundamental evaluation criteria for the appropriate selection of any security technology is ________________________.






9. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






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






11. 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






12. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






13. Provides strong online authentication.






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






15. 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






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






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






18. 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.






19. The MOST effective approach to address issues that arise between IT management - business units and security management when implementing a new security strategy is for the information security manager to ____________________ with any security recomm






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






21. A key indicator of performance measurement.






22. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






23. Risk should be reduced to a level that an organization _____________.






24. Cannot be minimized






25. Involves the correction of software weaknesses and would necessarily follow change management procedures.






26. 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.






27. When considering the value of assets ______________________ would give the information security manager the MOST objective basis for measurement of value delivery in information security governance






28. The starting point for driving management's attention to information security. All other choices will follow the risk assessment.






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






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






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






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






34. In assessing the degree to which an organization may be affected by new privacy legislation - information security management should first _____________________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. An organization without any formal information security program should start with _______________________ because the implementation should be based on those security requirements.






42. 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






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






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






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






46. Identification and _______________ of business risk enables project managers to address areas with most significance.






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






48. Programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter a computer's operations






49. There is a time lag between the time when a security vulnerability is first published - and the time when a patch is delivered. - The best protection is to _____________________ until a patch is installed.






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