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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






8. The PRIMARY goal in developing an information security strategy is to: _________________________.






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






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






11. 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






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






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






14. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






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






16. When defining the information classification policy - the ___________________ need to be identified.






17. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.






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






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






20. Addresses strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats. Although useful - a SWOT analysis is not as effective a tool.






21. In order to highlight to management the importance of network security - the security manager should FIRST _______________.






22. 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






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






24. In assessing the degree to which an organization may be affected by new privacy legislation - information security management should first _____________________.






25. 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 _____________.






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






27. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






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






29. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






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






32. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






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






34. 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






35. 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.






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






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






38. The primary role of the information security manager in the process of information classification within the organization.






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






40. There is a time lag between the time when a security vulnerability is first published - and the time when a patch is delivered. - The best protection is to _____________________ until a patch is installed.






41. The most critical process for deciding which part of the information system/business process should be given prioritization in case of a security incident.It provides results - such as impact from a security incident and required response times.






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






43. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






44. 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






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






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






47. The job of the information security officer on a management team is to ___________________.






48. Residual risk is unmanaged - i.e. - inherent risk which remains uncontrolled. This is key to the organization's _____________ and is the amount of residual risk that a business is living with that affects its viability.






49. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






50. 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.