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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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






2. 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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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. 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.






5. 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






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






7. 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.






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






9. It is important to achieve ____________________ - and obtain inputs from various organizational entities since security needs to be aligned to the needs of the organization.






10. Because past performance is a strong predictor of future performance - _______________________ best prevents attacks from originating within an organization.






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






12. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






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






14. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.






15. Whenever personal data are transferred across national boundaries; ________________________ are required.






16. The BEST justification to convince management to invest in an information security program is that doing so would _________________.






17. Provides strong online authentication.






18. Inject malformed input.






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. Identification and _______________ of business risk enables project managers to address areas with most significance.






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






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






30. 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 -






31. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






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






33. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.






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






35. 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.






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






37. 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.






38. Provides an additional security mechanism over and above that provided by passwords alone. This is frequently used by mobile users needing to establish connectivity to a corporate network.






39. To identify known vulnerabilities based on common misconfigurations and missing updates.






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. 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.






46. The first step in a risk analysis process to determine the impact to the organization - which is the ultimate goal.






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






48. The best indicator of the level of compliance with the service level agreement ( SLA ) data confidentiality clauses.






49. Cannot be minimized






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







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