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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Senior management commitment and support for information security can BEST be obtained through presentations that ____________________.






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






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






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






7. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






8. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






9. Identification and _______________ of business risk enables project managers to address areas with most significance.






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






11. 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 _____________.






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






13. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.






14. The starting point for driving management's attention to information security. All other choices will follow the risk assessment.






15. Ultimately responsible for all that happens in the organization. The others are not individually liable for failures of security in the organization.






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






17. Cannot be minimized






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






19. The best measure and will involve reviewing the entire source code to detect all instances of back doors.






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

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21. 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.






22. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






23. The most relevant piece of information to include in a cost-benefit analysis of a two-factor authentication system - it would establish a cost baseline and it must be considered for the full life cycle of the control. .






24. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory






25. 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






26. 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.






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






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






29. Carries out the technical administration.






30. Risk should be reduced to a level that an organization _____________.






31. Most effective in protecting classified data that have been encrypted to prevent disclosure and transmission outside the organization's network.






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






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






34. Responsible for securing the information.






35. Inject malformed input.






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. 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.






41. Any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer hardware - software - data - information - or processing capability






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






43. Occurs when the incoming level






44. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






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






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






47. Has full responsibility over data.






48. Provide minimum recommended settings and do not prevent introduction of control weaknesses.'






49. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






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