Test your basic knowledge |

CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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






2. Should be performed to identify the risk and determine needed controls.






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






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






5. Responsible for securing the information.






6. 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






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






8. 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.






9. 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






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






11. 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.






12. S small warehouse - designed for the end-user needs in a strategic business unit






13. 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.






14. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






21. When mobile equipment is lost or stolen - the ______________________ matters most in determining the impact of the loss.






22. On a company's e-commerce web site - a good legal statement regarding data privacy should include a statement regarding what the company will ___________________.






23. 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






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. The job of the information security officer on a management team is to ___________________.






29. Program that hides within or looks like a legit program






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






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






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






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






34. 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






35. Awareness training would most likely result in any attempted ____________ being challenged by the authorized employee






36. _______________ of the organization have the responsibility of ensuring information systems security this can include indirect personnel such as physical security personnel.






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






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






39. 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






40. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






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






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






43. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






44. 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.






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






46. 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.






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






48. Ensure that transmitted information can be attributed to the named sender.






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






50. Should PRIMARILY be based on regulatory and legal requirements.