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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Company or person you believe will not send a virus-infect file knowingly






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






10. 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 _____________.






11. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






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






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






14. Information security governance models are highly dependent on the _____________________.






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






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






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






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






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






20. It is easier to manage and control a _________________.






21. 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






22. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






23. 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






24. 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.






25. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






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






27. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






28. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






41. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






42. A method for analyzing and reducing a relational database to its most streamlined form






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






44. 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.






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.