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






2. Involves the correction of software weaknesses and would necessarily follow change management procedures.






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






4. 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.






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






6. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.






7. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






8. Provides strong online authentication.






9. 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






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






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






12. Legal document to be signed by all employees - suppliers etc before they 'touch' the organization - to protect the organization's intellectual property.






13. The MOST important element of the request for proposal (RFP) ro assess the maturity level of the organization's information security management is _______________________.






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. A Successful risk management should lead to a ________________.






16. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






17. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






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






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






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






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






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






23. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






24. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






31. A function of the session keys distributed by the PKI.






32. 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






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






34. Has to be integrated into the requirements of every software application's design.






35. 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






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






37. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






38. 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.






39. Also required to guarantee fulfillment of laws and regulations of the organization and - therefore - the information security manager will be obligated to comply with the law.






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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. 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.






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






47. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






48. Provides process needs but not impact.






49. New security ulnerabilities should be managed through a ________________.






50. 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 _____________.