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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. Needs to define the access rules - which is troublesome and error prone in large organizations.






2. Legal document to be signed by all employees - suppliers etc before they 'touch' the organization - to protect the organization's intellectual property.






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






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






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






6. Provide minimum recommended settings and do not prevent introduction of control weaknesses.'






7. 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 _____________.






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






9. 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.






10. 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






11. By definition are not previously known and therefore are undetectable.






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






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






14. The information security manager needs to prioritize the controls based on ________________________.






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






16. Accesses a computer or network illegally






17. 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.






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






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






20. The BEST justification to convince management to invest in an information security program is that doing so would _________________.






21. _______________ of the organization have the responsibility of ensuring information systems security this can include indirect personnel such as physical security personnel.






22. 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.






23. 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.






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






25. Has full responsibility over data.






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






27. The MOST important element of the request for proposal (RFP) ro assess the maturity level of the organization's information security management is _______________________.






28. 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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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






35. Should PRIMARILY be based on regulatory and legal requirements.






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






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






38. 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






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






44. Inject malformed input.






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






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






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






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






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. Risk assessment is a very important process for the ___________________. Risk assessment provides information on the likelihood of occurrence of security incidence and assists in the selection of countermeasures - but not in the prioritization.