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






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






4. 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






5. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






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






7. 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






8. 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






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






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






11. Program that copies itself repeatedly - using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer or network






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






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






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






15. Logging as well as monitoring - measuring - auditing - detecting viruses and intrusion.






16. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory






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






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






19. A trusted third party that attests to the identity of the signatory - and reliance will be a function of the level of trust afforded the CA.






20. 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.






21. 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.






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. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






24. Programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter a computer's operations






25. Identification and _______________ of business risk enables project managers to address areas with most significance.






26. Reducing risk to a level too small to measure is _______________.






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. Only valid if assets have first been identified and appropriately valued.






34. It is important to achieve ____________________ - and obtain inputs from various organizational entities since security needs to be aligned to the needs of the organization.






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






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






37. Someone who uses email as a vehicle for extortion; send company threatening emails indicating they will expose confidential information - exploit security launch - etc.






38. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






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






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






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






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






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






44. From a security standpoint - _______________________ is one of the most important topics that should be included in the contract with third-party service provider.

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






46. 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 -






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






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






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






50. 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.