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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Subjects : certifications, cism, it-skills

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Attackers who exploit weak application authentication controls can ___________________ and this has little to do with cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.
Data isolation
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Overall organizational structure
Creation of a business continuity plan

2. Legal document to be signed by all employees - suppliers etc before they 'touch' the organization - to protect the organization's intellectual property.
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Certificate authority (CA)
Digital certificate

3. 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
Encryption
Data owners
Aligned with organizational goals
Single sign-on (SSO) product

4. Utility program that detects and protects a personal computer from unauthorized intrusions
Is willing to accept
Personal firewall
Virus
The information security officer

5. Involves the correction of software weaknesses and would necessarily follow change management procedures.
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
Certificate authority (CA)
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Patch management

6. An information security manager has to impress upon the human resources department the need for _____________________.
0-day vulnerabilities
Centralization of information security management
Comparison of cost of achievement
Security awareness training for all employees

7. 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
Get senior management onboard
Alignment with business strategy
Risk appetite
Continuous monitoring control initiatives

8. 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.
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
Worm
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Support the business objectives of the organization

9. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.
Certificate authority (CA)
Cyber extortionist
Proficiency testing
Public key infrastructure (PKI)

10. The BEST justification to convince management to invest in an information security program is that doing so would _________________.
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Overall organizational structure
include security responsibilities in a job description
Increase business value and confidence

11. To identify known vulnerabilities based on common misconfigurations and missing updates.
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
Classification of assets needs
Security awareness training for all employees
A network vulnerability assessment

12. Warranted in circumstances where compliance may be difficult or impossible and the risk of noncompliance is outweighed by the benefits.
Exceptions to policy
Inherent risk
Spoofing attacks
Gap analysis

13. 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
Worm
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Data classification
Transmit e-mail messages

14. 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.
Equal error rate (EER)
Cost of control
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Retention of business records

15. 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.
Regulatory compliance
Certificate authority (CA)
Penetration testing
Exceptions to policy

16. The best measure for preventing the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.
A network vulnerability assessment
Data isolation
The information security officer
Acceptable use policies

17. The best measure and will involve reviewing the entire source code to detect all instances of back doors.
Rule-based access control
Classification of assets needs
Security code reviews for the entire software application
Comparison of cost of achievement

18. 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.
People
Penetration testing
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Information contained on the equipment

19. Provide metrics to which outsourcing firms can be held accountable.
Service level agreements (SLAs)
Defined objectives
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Control risk

20. Programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter a computer's operations
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
MAL wear
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls

21. Provides process needs but not impact.
Cyber terrorist
Resource dependency assessment
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount

22. 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.
Notifications and opt-out provisions
Creation of a business continuity plan
Fault-tolerant computer
Inherent risk

23. The _____________________is a severe omission and will greatly increase information security risk. Presents the GREATEST information security risk for an organization with multiple - but small - domestic processing locations
Lack of change management
Alignment with business strategy
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
Phishing

24. Cannot be minimized
Acceptable use policies
Inherent risk
What happened and how the breach was resolved
Fault-tolerant computer

25. A Successful risk management should lead to a ________________.
Information contained on the equipment
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
Resource dependency assessment
Service level agreements (SLAs)

26. Most effective in providing reasonable assurance of physical access compliance to an unmanned server room controlled with biometric devices.
The database administrator
Regular review of access control lists
Aligned with organizational goals
Inherent risk

27. 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.
Encryption key management
Data owners
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Hacker

28. Occurs when the electrical supply drops
Process of introducing changes to systems
Protective switch covers
Undervoltage (brownout)
Audit objectives

29. 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.
Threat assessment
Stress testing
Key controls
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup

30. A repository of historical data organized by subject to support decision makers in the org
Fault-tolerant computer
Data warehouse
Overall organizational structure
Resource dependency assessment

31. 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.
Certificate authority (CA)
Control risk
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations

32. The best indicator of the level of compliance with the service level agreement ( SLA ) data confidentiality clauses.
Access control matrix
Security awareness training for all employees
Methodology used in the assessment
Certificate authority (CA)

33. Using public key infrastructure (PKI) is currently accepted as the most secure method to _____________.
Transmit e-mail messages
Residual risk
Patch management
Malicious software and spyware

34. When mobile equipment is lost or stolen - the ______________________ matters most in determining the impact of the loss.
Information security manager
Information contained on the equipment
Encryption of the hard disks
IP address packet filtering

35. An effective tool but primarily focuses on malicious code from external sources - and only for those applications that are online.
Virus detection
Data isolation
Notifications and opt-out provisions
Proficiency testing

36. In order to highlight to management the importance of network security - the security manager should FIRST _______________.
Transferred risk
Conduct a risk assessment
Decentralization
Regulatory compliance

37. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.
Applying the proper classification to the data
Patch management process
Monitoring processes
Resource dependency assessment

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

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39. The primary role of the information security manager in the process of information classification within the organization.
OBusiness case development
Data mart
Consensus on risks and controls
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets

40. Would reduce the possibility of an individual accidentally pressing the power button on a device - thereby turning off the device.
Internal risk assessment
Protective switch covers
A network vulnerability assessment
Cyber terrorist

41. Provide minimum recommended settings and do not prevent introduction of control weaknesses.'
Security baselines
Owner of the information asset
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Background check

42. The information security manager needs to prioritize the controls based on ________________________.
Data owners
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup

43. 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.
Creation of a business continuity plan
Knowledge management
Developing an information security baseline
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis

44. Program that copies itself repeatedly - using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer or network
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Worm
Use of security metrics
Role-based access control

45. Addresses strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats. Although useful - a SWOT analysis is not as effective a tool.
Undervoltage (brownout)
Key controls
Cracker
SWOT analysis

46. Used to understand the flow of one process into another.
Waterfall chart
Proficiency testing
Data isolation
Prioritization

47. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.
Process of introducing changes to systems
Security risk
Audit objectives
Tailgating

48. Should be a standard requirement for the service provider.
Regular review of access control lists
Background check
Residual risk
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount

49. Logging as well as monitoring - measuring - auditing - detecting viruses and intrusion.
What happened and how the breach was resolved
Asset classification
Proficiency testing
Detection defenses

50. 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
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
Tailgating
Security baselines
Biometric access control systems