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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In assessing the degree to which an organization may be affected by new privacy legislation - information security management should first _____________________.






2. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






3. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






4. 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.






5. The most important characteristic of good security policies is that they be ____________________.






6. 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.






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






8. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






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






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






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






12. Effective and efficient in large user communities because it controls system access by the roles defined for groups of users. Users are assigned to the various roles and the system controls the access based on those roles.






13. 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.






14. Cannot be minimized






15. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






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






17. Responsible for securing the information.






18. 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






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


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






21. 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.






22. Involves the correction of software weaknesses and would necessarily follow change management procedures.






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






24. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






26. Carries out the technical administration.






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






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






29. A key indicator of performance measurement.






30. 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






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






32. Helps to define the minimum acceptable security that will be implemented to protect the information resources in accordance with the respective criticality levels.






33. Risk assessment is a very important process for the ___________________. Risk assessment provides information on the likelihood of occurrence of security incidence and assists in the selection of countermeasures - but not in the prioritization.






34. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






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






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






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






38. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






39. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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