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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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1. Provide metrics to which outsourcing firms can be held accountable.






2. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






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






4. Someone who uses email as a vehicle for extortion; send company threatening emails indicating they will expose confidential information - exploit security launch - etc.






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






6. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






7. 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






8. The best measure and will involve reviewing the entire source code to detect all instances of back doors.






9. 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 _____________.






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. Computer that has duplicate components so it can continue to operate when one of its main components fail






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






16. 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.






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






18. Potentially damaging computer program that affects - or infects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works






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






20. A method for analyzing and reducing a relational database to its most streamlined form






21. Can be a standalone driver for an information security governance measure. No further analysis nor justification is required since the entity has no choice in the regulatory requirements.






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






23. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.






24. 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






25. Someone who uses the internet or network to destroy or damage computers for political reasons






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






27. Warranted in circumstances where compliance may be difficult or impossible and the risk of noncompliance is outweighed by the benefits.






28. Has to be integrated into the requirements of every software application's design.






29. Information security architecture should always be _______________________. Alignment with IT plans or industry and security best practices is secondary by comparison.






30. Should be a standard requirement for the service provider.






31. Cannot be minimized






32. 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.






33. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






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






35. A tool to be used in internal control assessment. KRI setup presents a threshold to alert management when controls are being compromised in business processes. This is a control tool rather than a maturity model support tool.






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






37. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






38. A trusted third party that attests to the identity of the signatory - and reliance will be a function of the level of trust afforded the CA.






39. 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






40. Using public key infrastructure (PKI) is currently accepted as the most secure method to _____________.






41. A notice that guarantees a user or a web site is legitimate






42. Adherence to local regulations must always be the priority. _______________________ is the most effective compromise in this situation.






43. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory






44. Inject malformed input.






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






46. Scam in which a perpetrator sends an official looking email message that attempts to obtain your personal and financial information






47. 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.






48. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






49. The _____________________ should be the person with the decision-making power in the department deriving the most benefit from the asset.






50. __________________________ is of utmost importance. Understanding business objectives is critical in determining the security needs of the organization.







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