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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Someone who uses the internet or network to destroy or damage computers for political reasons






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






3. Provides strong online authentication.






4. When defining the information classification policy - the ___________________ need to be identified.






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






6. An organization without any formal information security program should start with _______________________ because the implementation should be based on those security requirements.






7. 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 -






8. 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






9. 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






10. Company or person you believe will not send a virus-infect file knowingly






11. Results in greater uniformity and better adherence to security policies. It is generally less expensive to administer due to the economies of scale. However - turnaround can be slower due to the lack of alignment with business units.






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






13. Senior management commitment and support for information security can BEST be obtained through presentations that ____________________.






14. Utility program that detects and protects a personal computer from unauthorized intrusions






15. provides the most effective protection of data on mobile devices.






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.






17. Information security governance models are highly dependent on the _____________________.






18. Responsible for securing the information.






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






20. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






21. A key indicator of performance measurement.






22. The MOST important element of an information security strategy.






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






24. Only valid if assets have first been identified and appropriately valued.






25. 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






26. Responsible for assigning user entitlements and approving access to the systems for which they are responsible.






27. 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






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






29. It is easier to manage and control a _________________.






30. Program that copies itself repeatedly - using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer or network






31. 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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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. Occurs when the incoming level






34. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






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






36. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.






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






38. Used to understand the flow of one process into another.






39. 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.






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






41. New security ulnerabilities should be managed through a ________________.






42. The risk that controls may not prevent/detect an incident with a measure of control effectiveness.






43. The weakest link in security implementation - and awareness would reduce this risk. Through security awareness and training programs - individual employees can be informed and sensitized on various security policies and other security topics - thus e






44. Provides process needs but not impact.






45. 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.






46. 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 _____________.






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






48. Will associate data access with the role performed by an individual - thus restricting access to data required to perform the individual's tasks.






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






50. Can be used to detect an external attack but would not help in authenticating a user attempting to connect.