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






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






3. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






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






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






6. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






7. Ensure that transmitted information can be attributed to the named sender.






8. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






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






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






11. 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.






12. S small warehouse - designed for the end-user needs in a strategic business unit






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






18. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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 -






25. Provides strong online authentication.






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






27. 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.






28. Whenever personal data are transferred across national boundaries; ________________________ are required.






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






30. In biometric systems where the possibility of false rejects is a problem - it may be necessary to reduce sensitivity and thereby increase the number of false accepts.






31. The best strategy for risk management is to ___________________- as this will take into account the organization's appetite for risk and the fact that it would not be practical to eliminate all risk.






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. Provides process needs but not impact.






40. 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.






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






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






43. 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.






44. 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.






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






46. It is more efficient to establish a ___________________for locations that must meet specific requirements.






47. The MOST useful way to describe the objectives in the information security strategy is through ______________________.

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48. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






49. 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






50. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.