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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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 _____________.






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






3. Accesses a computer or network illegally






4. Results in greater uniformity and better adherence to security policies. It is generally less expensive to administer due to the economies of scale. However - turnaround can be slower due to the lack of alignment with business units.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. Provides process needs but not impact.






18. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






19. The MOST useful way to describe the objectives in the information security strategy is through ______________________.

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






21. n a _________________________ - the annual cost of safeguards is compared with the expected cost of loss. This can then be used to justify a specific control measure.






22. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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.






28. Provides strong online authentication.






29. 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






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






31. The first step in a risk analysis process to determine the impact to the organization - which is the ultimate goal.






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. Risk assessment is a very important process for the ___________________. Risk assessment provides information on the likelihood of occurrence of security incidence and assists in the selection of countermeasures - but not in the prioritization.






37. Needs to define the access rules - which is troublesome and error prone in large organizations.






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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. A Successful risk management should lead to a ________________.






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






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






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






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






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