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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






8. From a security standpoint - _______________________ is one of the most important topics that should be included in the contract with third-party service provider.


9. 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.






10. 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






11. Most effective in providing reasonable assurance of physical access compliance to an unmanned server room controlled with biometric devices.






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






13. Has to be integrated into the requirements of every software application's design.






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






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






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






17. When considering the value of assets ______________________ would give the information security manager the MOST objective basis for measurement of value delivery in information security governance






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






19. Lists only the threats that the information asset is exposed to. It does not consider the value of the asset and impact of the threat on the value.






20. 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






21. Occurs after the risk assessment process - it does not measure it.






22. Provides strong online authentication.






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






24. 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






25. 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.






26. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






34. 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






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






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






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






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






39. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






40. 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






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






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






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






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






45. Will prevent unauthorized access to the laptop even when the laptop is lost or stolen.






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






47. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.






48. The primary role of the information security manager in the process of information classification within the organization.






49. 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 _____________.






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