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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Centralized structure
2. Someone who uses email as a vehicle for extortion; send company threatening emails indicating they will expose confidential information - exploit security launch - etc.
Threat assessment
Regulatory compliance
Cyber extortionist
include security responsibilities in a job description
3. Ensure that transmitted information can be attributed to the named sender.
Digital signatures
Data mart
Transferred risk
Undervoltage (brownout)
4. Results in greater uniformity and better adherence to security policies. It is generally less expensive to administer due to the economies of scale. However - turnaround can be slower due to the lack of alignment with business units.
Centralization of information security management
Conduct a risk assessment
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Requirements of the data owners
5. An effective tool but primarily focuses on malicious code from external sources - and only for those applications that are online.
Virus detection
Exceptions to policy
Confidentiality
Acceptable use policies
6. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.
Classification of assets needs
Centralization of information security management
Lack of change management
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
7. 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
Patch management process
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Retention of business records
OBusiness case development
8. The most fundamental evaluation criteria for the appropriate selection of any security technology is ________________________.
Phishing
Transmit e-mail messages
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
9. 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
Notifications and opt-out provisions
Access control matrix
Biometric access control systems
Security awareness training for all employees
10. A Successful risk management should lead to a ________________.
Notifications and opt-out provisions
Safeguards over keys
What happened and how the breach was resolved
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
11. Will associate data access with the role performed by an individual - thus restricting access to data required to perform the individual's tasks.
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
Role-based policy
Security code reviews for the entire software application
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
12. Occurs when the incoming level
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Trusted source
What happened and how the breach was resolved
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.
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Identify the relevant systems and processes
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Personal firewall
14. 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.
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Creation of a business continuity plan
Methodology used in the assessment
15. Cannot be minimized
Personal firewall
Transferred risk
Background check
Inherent risk
16. 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
Notifications and opt-out provisions
Logon banners
include security responsibilities in a job description
Encryption of the hard disks
17. Inject malformed input.
Cross-site scripting attacks
Decentralization
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
Security code reviews for the entire software application
18. 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.
Stress testing
Control effectiveness
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Encryption of the hard disks
19. In order to highlight to management the importance of network security - the security manager should FIRST _______________.
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
Centralized structure
include security responsibilities in a job description
Conduct a risk assessment
20. __________________________ is of utmost importance. Understanding business objectives is critical in determining the security needs of the organization.
Get senior management onboard
Alignment with business strategy
Performing a risk assessment
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
21. Uses security metrics to measure the performance of the information security program.
Do with the information it collects
Information security manager
Role-based policy
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
22. Attackers who exploit weak application authentication controls can ___________________ and this has little to do with cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Overall organizational structure
Do with the information it collects
Properly aligned with business goals and objectives
23. 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
Background check
Cost of control
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Detection defenses
24. It is more efficient to establish a ___________________for locations that must meet specific requirements.
Stress testing
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
25. 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.
Threat assessment
Defining high-level business security requirements
Prioritization
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
26. BEST option to improve accountability for a system administrator is to _____________________.
include security responsibilities in a job description
Process of introducing changes to systems
Confidentiality
Knowledge management
27. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.
Regular review of access control lists
Encryption key management
Applying the proper classification to the data
Cyber terrorist
28. The best measure for preventing the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.
Internal risk assessment
Skills inventory
Acceptable use policies
Resource dependency assessment
29. The security manager would be most concerned with whether _____________________ than the cost of adding additional controls.
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Phishing
Single sign-on (SSO) product
30. Carries out the technical administration.
Cross-site scripting attacks
Decentralization
The database administrator
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
31. Helps to define the minimum acceptable security that will be implemented to protect the information resources in accordance with the respective criticality levels.
SWOT analysis
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
Developing an information security baseline
Logon banners
32. _________________________ will allow the information security manager to prioritize the remedial measures and provide a means to convey a sense of urgency to management.
What happened and how the breach was resolved
Performing a risk assessment
Rule-based access control
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
33. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
Patch management process
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Penetration testing
34. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally
Cyber terrorist
Hacker
Confidentiality
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
35. The PRIMARY goal in developing an information security strategy is to: _________________________.
Support the business objectives of the organization
Defined objectives
Audit objectives
Skills inventory
36. The first step in a risk analysis process to determine the impact to the organization - which is the ultimate goal.
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Security awareness training for all employees
Spoofing attacks
37. The risk that has been assumed by a third party and may not necessarily be equal to the minimal form of residual risk.
Identify the relevant systems and processes
Transferred risk
Digital certificate
Defining high-level business security requirements
38. A notice that guarantees a user or a web site is legitimate
Skills inventory
Information contained on the equipment
Certificate authority (CA)
Digital certificate
39. The MOST useful way to describe the objectives in the information security strategy is through ______________________.
40. 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.
Normalization
Information contained on the equipment
Return on security investment (ROSI)
A network vulnerability assessment
41. A trusted third party that attests to the identity of the signatory - and reliance will be a function of the level of trust afforded the CA.
Certificate authority (CA)
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
Performing a risk assessment
42. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.
Undervoltage (brownout)
Monitoring processes
Asset classification
Security awareness training for all employees
43. Programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter a computer's operations
Tie security risks to key business objectives
MAL wear
Resource dependency assessment
Virus
44. S small warehouse - designed for the end-user needs in a strategic business unit
Data mart
Cracker
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
45. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory
Increase business value and confidence
Knowledge management
Role-based policy
Hacker
46. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.
Regular review of access control lists
Logon banners
Inherent risk
Proficiency testing
47. Responsible for assigning user entitlements and approving access to the systems for which they are responsible.
Cyber terrorist
Acceptable use policies
Data owners
Residual risk
48. Only valid if assets have first been identified and appropriately valued.
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Proficiency testing
Owner of the information asset
49. Senior management commitment and support for information security can BEST be obtained through presentations that ____________________.
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
The data custodian
Tie security risks to key business objectives
50. The MOST important element of the request for proposal (RFP) ro assess the maturity level of the organization's information security management is _______________________.
Cyber terrorist
Data owners
Methodology used in the assessment
Personal firewall