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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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1. 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 -






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






3. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






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






5. A key indicator of performance measurement.






6. Would reduce the possibility of an individual accidentally pressing the power button on a device - thereby turning off the device.






7. 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.






8. Has full responsibility over data.






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






10. Inject malformed input.






11. The most critical process for deciding which part of the information system/business process should be given prioritization in case of a security incident.It provides results - such as impact from a security incident and required response times.






12. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






13. A notice that guarantees a user or a web site is legitimate






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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.






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






22. Occurs when the incoming level






23. 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.






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






30. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






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






33. An effective tool but primarily focuses on malicious code from external sources - and only for those applications that are online.






34. Carries out the technical administration.






35. Provides strong online authentication.






36. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






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






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






39. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. When defining the information classification policy - the ___________________ need to be identified.






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






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






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






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






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






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