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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Ultimately responsible for all that happens in the organization. The others are not individually liable for failures of security in the organization.






2. Primarily reduce risk and are most effective for the protection of information assets.






3. The MOST important element of the request for proposal (RFP) ro assess the maturity level of the organization's information security management is _______________________.






4. 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.






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






6. 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






7. A repository of historical data organized by subject to support decision makers in the org






8. Cannot be minimized






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






10. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






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






12. The MOST useful way to describe the objectives in the information security strategy is through ______________________.


13. Needs to define the access rules - which is troublesome and error prone in large organizations.






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






15. When the ________________ is more than the cost of the risk - the risk should be accepted.






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






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






18. The risk that remains after putting into place an effective risk management program; therefore - acceptable risk is achieved when this amount is minimized.






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






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






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






22. 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.






23. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






24. 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.






25. 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






26. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






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






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






29. 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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






36. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.






37. The PRIMARY goal in developing an information security strategy is to: _________________________.






38. A Successful risk management should lead to a ________________.






39. Legal document to be signed by all employees - suppliers etc before they 'touch' the organization - to protect the organization's intellectual property.






40. 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






41. The information security manager needs to prioritize the controls based on ________________________.






42. The security manager would be most concerned with whether _____________________ than the cost of adding additional controls.






43. Logging as well as monitoring - measuring - auditing - detecting viruses and intrusion.






44. Most effective for evaluating the degree to which information security objectives are being met.






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






46. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.






47. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






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






49. 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.






50. 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.