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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Cannot be minimized






9. 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.






10. 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






11. 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.






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






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






14. In assessing the degree to which an organization may be affected by new privacy legislation - information security management should first _____________________.






15. Risk should be reduced to a level that an organization _____________.






16. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






17. Accesses a computer or network illegally






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






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






20. 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






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






22. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Reducing risk to a level too small to measure is _______________.






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






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






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






33. Responsible for securing the information.






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






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






36. 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






37. A Successful risk management should lead to a ________________.






38. Should be performed to identify the risk and determine needed controls.






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






40. Occurs when the incoming level






41. Uses security metrics to measure the performance of the information security program.






42. 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.






43. Also required to guarantee fulfillment of laws and regulations of the organization and - therefore - the information security manager will be obligated to comply with the law.






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






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






46. 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.






47. Carries out the technical administration.






48. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






49. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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