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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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






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






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






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






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






6. When mobile equipment is lost or stolen - the ______________________ matters most in determining the impact of the loss.






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






8. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






9. 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






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






11. When developing an information security program _________________ would help identify the available resources - any gaps and the training requirements for developing resources.






12. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.






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






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






15. Carries out the technical administration.






16. 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.






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






18. Responsible for securing the information.






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






20. 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.






21. The BEST justification to convince management to invest in an information security program is that doing so would _________________.






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






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






24. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






25. Occurs when the incoming level






26. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






27. Provides process needs but not impact.






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






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






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






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






32. 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 -






33. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






40. Requires a process to verify that the control process worked as intended. Examples such as dual-control or dual-entry bookkeeping provide verification and assurance that the process operated as intended.






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






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






46. 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.






47. A key indicator of performance measurement.






48. Will associate data access with the role performed by an individual - thus restricting access to data required to perform the individual's tasks.






49. Using public key infrastructure (PKI) is currently accepted as the most secure method to _____________.






50. Attackers who exploit flawed ___________________________________ can sniff network traffic and crack keys to gain unauthorized access to information.







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