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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. 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.






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






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






4. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






5. The most fundamental evaluation criteria for the appropriate selection of any security technology is ________________________.






6. 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






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






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






9. The best measure for preventing the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






16. Provides process needs but not impact.






17. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






19. Program that copies itself repeatedly - using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer or network






20. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






21. Responsible for securing the information.






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






23. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






24. 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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. 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 _____________.






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. The risk that controls may not prevent/detect an incident with a measure of control effectiveness.






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






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






37. 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






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






39. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






40. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.






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. Program that hides within or looks like a legit program






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






44. In order to highlight to management the importance of network security - the security manager should FIRST _______________.






45. Carries out the technical administration.






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






47. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






48. 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.






49. The most important characteristic of good security policies is that they be ____________________.






50. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.