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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Should be performed to identify the risk and determine needed controls.






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






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






4. Potentially damaging computer program that affects - or infects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works






5. 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.






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






7. 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






8. 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.






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






10. 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 _____________.






11. A method for analyzing and reducing a relational database to its most streamlined form






12. 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.






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






14. 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.






15. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






16. 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.






17. Most effective for evaluating the degree to which information security objectives are being met.






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






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






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






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






22. Information security architecture should always be _______________________. Alignment with IT plans or industry and security best practices is secondary by comparison.






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. Primarily reduce risk and are most effective for the protection of information assets.






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






30. 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.






31. Utility program that detects and protects a personal computer from unauthorized intrusions






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






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






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






35. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






37. An effective tool but primarily focuses on malicious code from external sources - and only for those applications that are online.






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






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






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






41. 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






42. New security ulnerabilities should be managed through a ________________.






43. 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.






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






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






46. The primary role of the information security manager in the process of information classification within the organization.






47. Carries out the technical administration.






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






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






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