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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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






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






3. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






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






5. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






6. 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.






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






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






9. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






10. 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






11. 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.






12. Information security governance models are highly dependent on the _____________________.






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. 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.






20. The first step in a risk analysis process to determine the impact to the organization - which is the ultimate goal.






21. 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.






22. The most critical process for deciding which part of the information system/business process should be given prioritization in case of a security incident.It provides results - such as impact from a security incident and required response times.






23. 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






24. Scam in which a perpetrator sends an official looking email message that attempts to obtain your personal and financial information






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






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






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






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






30. Attackers who exploit weak application authentication controls can ___________________ and this has little to do with cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.






31. 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.






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






33. 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.






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






35. Has full responsibility over data.






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






37. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






38. Ultimately responsible for all that happens in the organization. The others are not individually liable for failures of security in the organization.






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






40. Because past performance is a strong predictor of future performance - _______________________ best prevents attacks from originating within an organization.






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






42. 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






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






44. Using public key infrastructure (PKI) is currently accepted as the most secure method to _____________.






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






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






47. Provides process needs but not impact.






48. 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.






49. Responsible for securing the information.






50. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.







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