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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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1. When developing an information security program _________________ would help identify the available resources - any gaps and the training requirements for developing resources.
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Increase business value and confidence
Deeper level of analysis
Skills inventory
2. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.
Increase business value and confidence
The balanced scorecard
Identify the relevant systems and processes
The information security officer
3. A method for analyzing and reducing a relational database to its most streamlined form
Process of introducing changes to systems
Decentralization
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Normalization
4. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.
Information security manager
Data owners
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Examples of containment defenses
5. Someone who uses the internet or network to destroy or damage computers for political reasons
Phishing
Do with the information it collects
Cyber terrorist
Background check
6. Occurs after the risk assessment process - it does not measure it.
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
Security awareness training for all employees
Use of security metrics
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
7. Culture has a significant impact on how information security will be implemented in a ______________________.
Examples of containment defenses
Safeguards over keys
Two-factor authentication
Multinational organization
8. 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.
Gap analysis
Vulnerability assessment
Role-based access control
Alignment with business strategy
9. The PRIMARY goal in developing an information security strategy is to: _________________________.
The authentication process is broken
The data owner
Support the business objectives of the organization
Examples of containment defenses
10. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Spoofing attacks
Overall organizational structure
Defining high-level business security requirements
11. 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.
MAL wear
The database administrator
Identify the relevant systems and processes
Monitoring processes
12. BEST option to improve accountability for a system administrator is to _____________________.
include security responsibilities in a job description
Encryption key management
Protective switch covers
Notifications and opt-out provisions
13. Responsible for securing the information.
Defined objectives
Notifications and opt-out provisions
Data warehouse
The data custodian
14. Most effective in protecting classified data that have been encrypted to prevent disclosure and transmission outside the organization's network.
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Safeguards over keys
Process of introducing changes to systems
The data owner
15. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.
Assess the risks to the business operation
Worm
Decentralization
Penetration testing
16. Lists only the vulnerabilities inherent in the information asset that can attract threats. It does not consider the value of the asset and the impact of perceived threats on the value.
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Vulnerability assessment
Information contained on the equipment
A network vulnerability assessment
17. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.
Trojan horse
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
People
Classification of assets needs
18. On a company's e-commerce web site - a good legal statement regarding data privacy should include a statement regarding what the company will ___________________.
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
Do with the information it collects
Consensus on risks and controls
Trojan horse
19. Warranted in circumstances where compliance may be difficult or impossible and the risk of noncompliance is outweighed by the benefits.
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Conduct a risk assessment
Security code reviews for the entire software application
Exceptions to policy
20. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.
Overall organizational structure
Background checks of prospective employees
Classification of assets needs
Stress testing
21. Has to be integrated into the requirements of every software application's design.
Encryption key management
Trojan horse
Asset classification
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
22. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps
Conduct a risk assessment
Risk appetite
Data isolation
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
23. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
Patch management process
Undervoltage (brownout)
Classification of assets needs
24. 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
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Virus detection
Creation of a business continuity plan
Encryption of the hard disks
25. 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
Penetration testing
People
Inherent risk
Notifications and opt-out provisions
26. _________________________ will allow the information security manager to prioritize the remedial measures and provide a means to convey a sense of urgency to management.
Performing a risk assessment
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
Stress testing
Confidentiality
27. Primarily reduce risk and are most effective for the protection of information assets.
Role-based access control
Security risk
Acceptable use policies
Key controls
28. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.
0-day vulnerabilities
The balanced scorecard
Centralization of information security management
Audit objectives
29. The best measure and will involve reviewing the entire source code to detect all instances of back doors.
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
Security code reviews for the entire software application
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
Digital certificate
30. The security manager would be most concerned with whether _____________________ than the cost of adding additional controls.
Owner of the information asset
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
31. 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
Patch management
Identify the relevant systems and processes
Logon banners
People
32. Inject malformed input.
Cyber extortionist
0-day vulnerabilities
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
Cross-site scripting attacks
33. Same intent as a cracker but does not have the technical skills and knowledge
Phishing
Is willing to accept
Creation of a business continuity plan
Script kiddie
34. Computer that has duplicate components so it can continue to operate when one of its main components fail
Stress testing
Transferred risk
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Fault-tolerant computer
35. A function of the session keys distributed by the PKI.
Skills inventory
The information security officer
Cracker
Confidentiality
36. Awareness training would most likely result in any attempted ____________ being challenged by the authorized employee
The information security officer
Tailgating
Control effectiveness
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
37. Would reduce the possibility of an individual accidentally pressing the power button on a device - thereby turning off the device.
Protective switch covers
Get senior management onboard
Threat assessment
Spoofing attacks
38. It is easier to manage and control a _________________.
Notifications and opt-out provisions
Centralized structure
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
Transmit e-mail messages
39. The risk that has been assumed by a third party and may not necessarily be equal to the minimal form of residual risk.
Role-based access control
Overall organizational structure
Logon banners
Transferred risk
40. New security ulnerabilities should be managed through a ________________.
Patch management process
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
Cracker
Personal firewall
41. 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.
Patch management
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
include security responsibilities in a job description
Decentralization
42. 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.
Security awareness training for all employees
Requirements of the data owners
Access control matrix
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
43. 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.
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
Cyber extortionist
Risk appetite
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
44. 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
Safeguards over keys
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
45. __________________________ is of utmost importance. Understanding business objectives is critical in determining the security needs of the organization.
Cyber extortionist
Certificate authority (CA)
Alignment with business strategy
Security code reviews for the entire software application
46. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.
Spoofing attacks
Process of introducing changes to systems
Residual risk
Support the business objectives of the organization
47. 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
Safeguards over keys
Assess the risks to the business operation
Encryption
What happened and how the breach was resolved
48. Someone who uses email as a vehicle for extortion; send company threatening emails indicating they will expose confidential information - exploit security launch - etc.
Cyber terrorist
Cyber extortionist
Key controls
Alignment with business strategy
49. Most effective in providing reasonable assurance of physical access compliance to an unmanned server room controlled with biometric devices.
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Access control matrix
Virus
Regular review of access control lists
50. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory
Security baselines
Data classification
Residual risk
Knowledge management
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