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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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






2. Cannot be minimized






3. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. Adherence to local regulations must always be the priority. _______________________ is the most effective compromise in this situation.






10. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






11. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






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






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






14. Accesses a computer or network illegally






15. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






16. BEST option to improve accountability for a system administrator is to _____________________.






17. 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.






18. A repository of historical data organized by subject to support decision makers in the org






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






20. provides the most effective protection of data on mobile devices.






21. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






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






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






24. 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.






25. An information security manager has to impress upon the human resources department the need for _____________________.






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. The MOST effective way to ensure network users are aware of their responsibilities to comply with an organization's security requirements is - ______________ would appear every time the user logs on - and the user would be required to read and agree






29. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






30. 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.






31. Has full responsibility over data.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






41. 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.






42. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






43. By definition are not previously known and therefore are undetectable.






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






45. 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.






46. Provides an additional security mechanism over and above that provided by passwords alone. This is frequently used by mobile users needing to establish connectivity to a corporate network.






47. Senior management commitment and support for information security can BEST be obtained through presentations that ____________________.






48. It is more efficient to establish a ___________________for locations that must meet specific requirements.






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






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







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