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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. 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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. Cannot be minimized






14. 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.






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






22. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






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






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






25. Most effective for evaluating the degree to which information security objectives are being met.






26. 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






27. The best measure for preventing the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.






28. 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






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






30. Occurs when the incoming level






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






32. 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.






33. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






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






36. When reporting an incident to senior management - the initial information to be communicated should include an explanation of _____________________ A summary of security logs would be too technical to report to senior management. An analysis of the i






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






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






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






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






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






42. Accesses a computer or network illegally






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






44. 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. .






45. 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 -






46. Inject malformed input.






47. Provides process needs but not impact.






48. The risk that controls may not prevent/detect an incident with a measure of control effectiveness.






49. 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.






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