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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Skills inventory
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
Developing an information security baseline
Get senior management onboard
2. Someone who uses email as a vehicle for extortion; send company threatening emails indicating they will expose confidential information - exploit security launch - etc.
Overall organizational structure
Threat assessment
Role-based policy
Cyber extortionist
3. Occurs when the incoming level
Undervoltage (brownout)
Notifications and opt-out provisions
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
4. It is more efficient to establish a ___________________for locations that must meet specific requirements.
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
Defining high-level business security requirements
Notifications and opt-out provisions
5. 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
Retention of business records
Biometric access control systems
Risk appetite
All personnel
6. To improve the security governance framework and achieve a higher level of maturity _____________________ is most important.
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
Equal error rate (EER)
Background checks of prospective employees
7. Lists only the threats that the information asset is exposed to. It does not consider the value of the asset and impact of the threat on the value.
Threat assessment
Increase business value and confidence
Security risk
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
8. 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.
Monitoring processes
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Security baselines
Vulnerability assessment
9. New security ulnerabilities should be managed through a ________________.
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
include security responsibilities in a job description
Knowledge management
Patch management process
10. 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
0-day vulnerabilities
Cyber terrorist
Comparison of cost of achievement
include security responsibilities in a job description
11. A repository of historical data organized by subject to support decision makers in the org
Data warehouse
Encryption key management
Normalization
Process of introducing changes to systems
12. S small warehouse - designed for the end-user needs in a strategic business unit
Data mart
Virus detection
Worm
Data classification
13. The MOST useful way to describe the objectives in the information security strategy is through ______________________.
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14. To identify known vulnerabilities based on common misconfigurations and missing updates.
Security awareness training for all employees
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
A network vulnerability assessment
Worm
15. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.
Increase business value and confidence
Monitoring processes
Classification of assets needs
Examples of containment defenses
16. Potentially damaging computer program that affects - or infects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works
Information security manager
Centralized structure
Virus
Residual risk
17. The BEST way to justify the implementation of a _____________________ is to use a business case. Return on investment (ROI) would only provide the costs needed to preclude specific risks - and would not provide other indirect benefits such as process
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Cyber terrorist
Regulatory compliance
Single sign-on (SSO) product
18. btaining senior management support for establishing a warm site can BEST be accomplished by ____________________ - including a cost-benefit analysis - will be most persuasive to management. A risk assessment may be included in the business case - but
OBusiness case development
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
19. 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.
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Data mart
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
The authentication process is broken
20. Someone who uses the internet or network to destroy or damage computers for political reasons
Centralization of information security management
Gap analysis
Background check
Cyber terrorist
21. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.
Overall organizational structure
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
The balanced scorecard
Data mart
22. Can be used to detect an external attack but would not help in authenticating a user attempting to connect.
Consensus on risks and controls
Threat assessment
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Security baselines
23. Cannot be minimized
Security baselines
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
Inherent risk
SWOT analysis
24. Programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter a computer's operations
Methodology used in the assessment
MAL wear
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
Malicious software and spyware
25. An organization without any formal information security program should start with _______________________ because the implementation should be based on those security requirements.
Defining high-level business security requirements
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
26. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.
Conduct a risk assessment
Deeper level of analysis
Regular review of access control lists
Fault-tolerant computer
27. The first step in a risk analysis process to determine the impact to the organization - which is the ultimate goal.
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Comparison of cost of achievement
Data warehouse
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
28. It is easier to manage and control a _________________.
Proficiency testing
Data isolation
The board of directors and senior management
Centralized structure
29. Addresses strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats. Although useful - a SWOT analysis is not as effective a tool.
Role-based policy
Certificate authority (CA)
Decentralization
SWOT analysis
30. 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
Security code reviews for the entire software application
Notifications and opt-out provisions
Centralized structure
Consensus on risks and controls
31. 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.
Security baselines
A network vulnerability assessment
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Rule-based access control
32. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory
Encryption
Knowledge management
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Audit objectives
33. Needs to define the access rules - which is troublesome and error prone in large organizations.
Conduct a risk assessment
Security risk
Rule-based access control
Malicious software and spyware
34. 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.
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
Cross-site scripting attacks
Equal error rate (EER)
Penetration testing
35. Most effective in providing reasonable assurance of physical access compliance to an unmanned server room controlled with biometric devices.
Monitoring processes
Key controls
Regular review of access control lists
Cost of control
36. Logging as well as monitoring - measuring - auditing - detecting viruses and intrusion.
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Detection defenses
Information security manager
Transferred risk
37. The security manager would be most concerned with whether _____________________ than the cost of adding additional controls.
Proficiency testing
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
Single sign-on (SSO) product
38. Helps to define the minimum acceptable security that will be implemented to protect the information resources in accordance with the respective criticality levels.
Biometric access control systems
Use of security metrics
Data owners
Developing an information security baseline
39. 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 _____________.
The authentication process is broken
Undervoltage (brownout)
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Rule-based access control
40. 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.
Requirements of the data owners
Return on security investment (ROSI)
Alignment with business strategy
Support the business objectives of the organization
41. 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.
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
People
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Control effectiveness
42. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.
The data owner
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
The information security officer
Equal error rate (EER)
43. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps
Acceptable use policies
Regular review of access control lists
Data isolation
Resource dependency assessment
44. Provide minimum recommended settings and do not prevent introduction of control weaknesses.'
Knowledge management
Penetration testing
Information contained on the equipment
Security baselines
45. The risk that remains after putting into place an effective risk management program; therefore - acceptable risk is achieved when this amount is minimized.
Residual risk
Key controls
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
46. The _____________________is a severe omission and will greatly increase information security risk. Presents the GREATEST information security risk for an organization with multiple - but small - domestic processing locations
Lack of change management
Certificate authority (CA)
Data owners
Phishing
47. A notice that guarantees a user or a web site is legitimate
Exceptions to policy
Classification of assets needs
Digital certificate
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
48. 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
Personal firewall
Get senior management onboard
All personnel
49. The _____________________ should be the person with the decision-making power in the department deriving the most benefit from the asset.
All personnel
Resource dependency assessment
Owner of the information asset
Rule-based access control
50. A function of the session keys distributed by the PKI.
People
Confidentiality
Worm
Spoofing attacks