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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Carries out the technical administration.
Role-based policy
The database administrator
Centralized structure
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
2. 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
Defining high-level business security requirements
Rule-based access control
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Comparison of cost of achievement
3. Will prevent unauthorized access to the laptop even when the laptop is lost or stolen.
Comparison of cost of achievement
Risk appetite
Encryption of the hard disks
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
4. Allows you to use field security personnel as security missionaries or ambassadors to spread the security awareness message. It allows security administrators to be more responsive.
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
Identify the relevant systems and processes
Trusted source
Decentralization
5. Provide minimum recommended settings and do not prevent introduction of control weaknesses.'
Detection defenses
Security baselines
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Support the business objectives of the organization
6. The risk that controls may not prevent/detect an incident with a measure of control effectiveness.
Alignment with business strategy
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Control risk
Background check
7. Accesses a computer or network illegally
Information contained on the equipment
Assess the risks to the business operation
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
Cracker
8. Awareness training would most likely result in any attempted ____________ being challenged by the authorized employee
Tailgating
Cyber terrorist
Background check
The data custodian
9. Whenever personal data are transferred across national boundaries; ________________________ are required.
include security responsibilities in a job description
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
Rule-based access control
Stress testing
10. _______________ of the organization have the responsibility of ensuring information systems security this can include indirect personnel such as physical security personnel.
All personnel
Background checks of prospective employees
Aligned with organizational goals
Conduct a risk assessment
11. Adherence to local regulations must always be the priority. _______________________ is the most effective compromise in this situation.
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
Digital certificate
Consensus on risks and controls
Normalization
12. Will associate data access with the role performed by an individual - thus restricting access to data required to perform the individual's tasks.
Requirements of the data owners
Role-based policy
Acceptable use policies
A network vulnerability assessment
13. The job of the information security officer on a management team is to ___________________.
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Digital signatures
Assess the risks to the business operation
Performing a risk assessment
14. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.
Decentralization
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
Inherent risk
Audit objectives
15. Addresses strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats. Although useful - a SWOT analysis is not as effective a tool.
Patch management
Data classification
0-day vulnerabilities
SWOT analysis
16. The security manager would be most concerned with whether _____________________ than the cost of adding additional controls.
Asset classification
Waterfall chart
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
17. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Data classification
The information security officer
Undervoltage (brownout)
18. An information security manager has to impress upon the human resources department the need for _____________________.
All personnel
Security awareness training for all employees
The authentication process is broken
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
19. The most important characteristic of good security policies is that they be ____________________.
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Monitoring processes
Aligned with organizational goals
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
20. Computer that has duplicate components so it can continue to operate when one of its main components fail
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
Encryption key management
Fault-tolerant computer
Deeper level of analysis
21. 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.
Access control matrix
Phishing
Service level agreements (SLAs)
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
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
IP address packet filtering
Get senior management onboard
Defined objectives
Alignment with business strategy
23. It is important to achieve ____________________ - and obtain inputs from various organizational entities since security needs to be aligned to the needs of the organization.
Consensus on risks and controls
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Notifications and opt-out provisions
Do with the information it collects
24. Only valid if assets have first been identified and appropriately valued.
Data owners
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
Is willing to accept
25. provides the most effective protection of data on mobile devices.
Cracker
Encryption
Certificate authority (CA)
Internal risk assessment
26. Someone who uses email as a vehicle for extortion; send company threatening emails indicating they will expose confidential information - exploit security launch - etc.
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
IP address packet filtering
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Cyber extortionist
27. Scam in which a perpetrator sends an official looking email message that attempts to obtain your personal and financial information
Phishing
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Knowledge management
Asset classification
28. The risk that has been assumed by a third party and may not necessarily be equal to the minimal form of residual risk.
Protective switch covers
Data isolation
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Transferred risk
29. Provides strong online authentication.
Notifications and opt-out provisions
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Security awareness training for all employees
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
30. Risk should be reduced to a level that an organization _____________.
Residual risk
Is willing to accept
Use of security metrics
Data mart
31. Should be performed to identify the risk and determine needed controls.
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
Internal risk assessment
Security code reviews for the entire software application
Undervoltage (brownout)
32. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.
Risk appetite
Process of introducing changes to systems
Requirements of the data owners
Control effectiveness
33. Any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer hardware - software - data - information - or processing capability
Is willing to accept
Overall organizational structure
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Security risk
34. When the ________________ is more than the cost of the risk - the risk should be accepted.
Biometric access control systems
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Cost of control
The board of directors and senior management
35. It is easier to manage and control a _________________.
Undervoltage (brownout)
Digital certificate
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
Centralized structure
36. A key indicator of performance measurement.
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
The board of directors and senior management
Deeper level of analysis
37. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.
Virus
Classification of assets needs
Data warehouse
Cross-site scripting attacks
38. Utility program that detects and protects a personal computer from unauthorized intrusions
Security baselines
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
The board of directors and senior management
Personal firewall
39. The BEST justification to convince management to invest in an information security program is that doing so would _________________.
Increase business value and confidence
Residual risk
Monitoring processes
Tie security risks to key business objectives
40. The risk that remains after putting into place an effective risk management program; therefore - acceptable risk is achieved when this amount is minimized.
IP address packet filtering
Patch management
Residual risk
Applying the proper classification to the data
41. _________________________ will allow the information security manager to prioritize the remedial measures and provide a means to convey a sense of urgency to management.
SWOT analysis
Performing a risk assessment
The database administrator
Comparison of cost of achievement
42. A notice that guarantees a user or a web site is legitimate
Patch management
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
Digital certificate
43. When mobile equipment is lost or stolen - the ______________________ matters most in determining the impact of the loss.
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Support the business objectives of the organization
Exceptions to policy
Information contained on the equipment
44. 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
Personal firewall
Lack of change management
Cross-site scripting attacks
Logon banners
45. May show the performance result of the security related activities; however - the result is interpreted in terms of money and extends to multiple facets of security initiatives.
Use of security metrics
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
The balanced scorecard
Return on security investment (ROSI)
46. Most effective in providing reasonable assurance of physical access compliance to an unmanned server room controlled with biometric devices.
Rule-based access control
Role-based access control
Regular review of access control lists
Assess the risks to the business operation
47. Most effective for evaluating the degree to which information security objectives are being met.
Safeguards over keys
The balanced scorecard
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Patch management
48. Program that copies itself repeatedly - using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer or network
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
Worm
Inherent risk
Biometric access control systems
49. Occurs after the risk assessment process - it does not measure it.
Digital certificate
Centralization of information security management
Audit objectives
Use of security metrics
50. 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.
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Equal error rate (EER)
Penetration testing
Worm