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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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1. Uses security metrics to measure the performance of the information security program.
Data warehouse
Deeper level of analysis
Information security manager
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
2. 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
Comparison of cost of achievement
Trojan horse
Multinational organization
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
3. Culture has a significant impact on how information security will be implemented in a ______________________.
Multinational organization
Exceptions to policy
Defined objectives
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
4. It is easier to manage and control a _________________.
Developing an information security baseline
Penetration testing
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Centralized structure
5. Only valid if assets have first been identified and appropriately valued.
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
Use of security metrics
Proficiency testing
Data warehouse
6. Provides strong online authentication.
Regular review of access control lists
Control risk
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Cracker
7. 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.
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
The balanced scorecard
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
A network vulnerability assessment
8. Needs to define the access rules - which is troublesome and error prone in large organizations.
Rule-based access control
Prioritization
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Certificate authority (CA)
9. Primarily reduce risk and are most effective for the protection of information assets.
Key controls
Background check
People
Tailgating
10. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.
Examples of containment defenses
Confidentiality
Asset classification
Risk appetite
11. While useful for identifying the difference between the current state and the desired future state - e.g. organization has to comply with recently published industry regulatory requirements compliance that potentially has high implementation costs -
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Gap analysis
Security risk
Data isolation
12. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.
Decentralization
Transmit e-mail messages
Is willing to accept
Spoofing attacks
13. Programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter a computer's operations
Digital certificate
Single sign-on (SSO) product
MAL wear
include security responsibilities in a job description
14. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
The data owner
Tie security risks to key business objectives
15. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.
Process of introducing changes to systems
Vulnerability assessment
Virus detection
Overall organizational structure
16. It is important to achieve ____________________ - and obtain inputs from various organizational entities since security needs to be aligned to the needs of the organization.
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Audit objectives
Consensus on risks and controls
Confidentiality
17. Ultimately responsible for all that happens in the organization. The others are not individually liable for failures of security in the organization.
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Monitoring processes
What happened and how the breach was resolved
The board of directors and senior management
18. A repository of historical data organized by subject to support decision makers in the org
Data classification
Personal firewall
Do with the information it collects
Data warehouse
19. When developing an information security program _________________ would help identify the available resources - any gaps and the training requirements for developing resources.
OBusiness case development
Undervoltage (brownout)
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
Skills inventory
20. The MOST useful way to describe the objectives in the information security strategy is through ______________________.
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21. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.
Deeper level of analysis
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
Equal error rate (EER)
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
22. From a security standpoint - _______________________ is one of the most important topics that should be included in the contract with third-party service provider.
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23. 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
Alignment with business strategy
Threat assessment
Requirements of the data owners
Data classification
24. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory
Get senior management onboard
Certificate authority (CA)
Knowledge management
Centralization of information security management
25. Ensure that transmitted information can be attributed to the named sender.
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
Examples of containment defenses
Digital signatures
People
26. Program that hides within or looks like a legit program
Gap analysis
The database administrator
Trojan horse
Data isolation
27. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.
Logon banners
Audit objectives
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Security code reviews for the entire software application
28. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
The information security officer
Applying the proper classification to the data
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
29. Will associate data access with the role performed by an individual - thus restricting access to data required to perform the individual's tasks.
Role-based policy
Background check
Assess the risks to the business operation
Safeguards over keys
30. The _____________________ should be the person with the decision-making power in the department deriving the most benefit from the asset.
Centralized structure
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
Normalization
Owner of the information asset
31. 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 _____________.
Defining high-level business security requirements
Two-factor authentication
The authentication process is broken
Methodology used in the assessment
32. The best strategy for risk management is to ___________________- as this will take into account the organization's appetite for risk and the fact that it would not be practical to eliminate all risk.
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Protective switch covers
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
0-day vulnerabilities
33. Attackers who exploit flawed ___________________________________ can sniff network traffic and crack keys to gain unauthorized access to information.
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
Virus
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Support the business objectives of the organization
34. The MOST important element of the request for proposal (RFP) ro assess the maturity level of the organization's information security management is _______________________.
Methodology used in the assessment
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Hacker
Residual risk
35. The MOST important element of an information security strategy.
Defined objectives
Centralized structure
Centralization of information security management
Background check
36. Reducing risk to a level too small to measure is _______________.
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
0-day vulnerabilities
Do with the information it collects
OBusiness case development
37. Risk should be reduced to a level that an organization _____________.
Patch management process
Threat assessment
Is willing to accept
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
38. A Successful risk management should lead to a ________________.
Centralized structure
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Cyber extortionist
39. When the ________________ is more than the cost of the risk - the risk should be accepted.
Conduct a risk assessment
Cost of control
Logon banners
Comparison of cost of achievement
40. 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
What happened and how the breach was resolved
Cross-site scripting attacks
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Exceptions to policy
41. 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.
Audit objectives
Proficiency testing
Patch management process
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
42. 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.
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Skills inventory
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
43. 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.
Support the business objectives of the organization
Fault-tolerant computer
Regulatory compliance
Control effectiveness
44. Someone who uses email as a vehicle for extortion; send company threatening emails indicating they will expose confidential information - exploit security launch - etc.
Penetration testing
Cyber extortionist
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
Detection defenses
45. It is more efficient to establish a ___________________for locations that must meet specific requirements.
Get senior management onboard
Cross-site scripting attacks
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
46. The primary role of the information security manager in the process of information classification within the organization.
Is willing to accept
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
The data owner
47. Should PRIMARILY be based on regulatory and legal requirements.
Increase business value and confidence
Retention of business records
Equal error rate (EER)
Phishing
48. The best measure and will involve reviewing the entire source code to detect all instances of back doors.
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
Assess the risks to the business operation
Security code reviews for the entire software application
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
49. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.
Undervoltage (brownout)
Stress testing
Risk appetite
Centralization of information security management
50. Any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer hardware - software - data - information - or processing capability
Security risk
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
Data classification
Role-based policy
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