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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.
Monitoring processes
Malicious software and spyware
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
Equal error rate (EER)
2. Identification and _______________ of business risk enables project managers to address areas with most significance.
Fault-tolerant computer
Prioritization
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
Protective switch covers
3. Should be a standard requirement for the service provider.
Background check
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Internal risk assessment
Trojan horse
4. 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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5. Provides process needs but not impact.
Resource dependency assessment
Security code reviews for the entire software application
A network vulnerability assessment
Residual risk
6. The job of the information security officer on a management team is to ___________________.
Exceptions to policy
The database administrator
Identify the relevant systems and processes
Assess the risks to the business operation
7. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
Personal firewall
Spoofing attacks
8. When defining the information classification policy - the ___________________ need to be identified.
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
Encryption of the hard disks
Aligned with organizational goals
Requirements of the data owners
9. 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
Confidentiality
Data owners
Data classification
Security baselines
10. Uses security metrics to measure the performance of the information security program.
Normalization
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Information security manager
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
11. It is important to achieve ____________________ - and obtain inputs from various organizational entities since security needs to be aligned to the needs of the organization.
Trusted source
Key controls
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
Consensus on risks and controls
12. Ensure that transmitted information can be attributed to the named sender.
Skills inventory
Security code reviews for the entire software application
Digital signatures
Risk appetite
13. 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.
Virus detection
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Personal firewall
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
14. A notice that guarantees a user or a web site is legitimate
Detection defenses
Assess the risks to the business operation
Centralized structure
Digital certificate
15. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.
The board of directors and senior management
Deeper level of analysis
Knowledge management
Key controls
16. Legal document to be signed by all employees - suppliers etc before they 'touch' the organization - to protect the organization's intellectual property.
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Skills inventory
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
17. Same intent as a cracker but does not have the technical skills and knowledge
Data classification
Security awareness training for all employees
Script kiddie
Examples of containment defenses
18. Has full responsibility over data.
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Trojan horse
Lack of change management
The data owner
19. Cannot be minimized
Security awareness training for all employees
Inherent risk
Risk appetite
OBusiness case development
20. Risk should be reduced to a level that an organization _____________.
The authentication process is broken
Protective switch covers
Data warehouse
Is willing to accept
21. Provides strong online authentication.
Centralization of information security management
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Proficiency testing
Equal error rate (EER)
22. Information security architecture should always be _______________________. Alignment with IT plans or industry and security best practices is secondary by comparison.
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
Knowledge management
Fault-tolerant computer
Properly aligned with business goals and objectives
23. The information security manager needs to prioritize the controls based on ________________________.
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
Internal risk assessment
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
24. The best measure for preventing the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.
Trusted source
Data classification
Acceptable use policies
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
25. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Virus
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Process of introducing changes to systems
26. S small warehouse - designed for the end-user needs in a strategic business unit
Normalization
The data custodian
Data mart
Cyber terrorist
27. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
Audit objectives
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Regular review of access control lists
28. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.
Undervoltage (brownout)
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
29. The risk that controls may not prevent/detect an incident with a measure of control effectiveness.
Data owners
Control risk
The data custodian
0-day vulnerabilities
30. The MOST important element of the request for proposal (RFP) ro assess the maturity level of the organization's information security management is _______________________.
Security awareness training for all employees
Methodology used in the assessment
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Cyber terrorist
31. Primarily reduce risk and are most effective for the protection of information assets.
Spoofing attacks
Asset classification
Key controls
Skills inventory
32. Addresses strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats. Although useful - a SWOT analysis is not as effective a tool.
SWOT analysis
The information security officer
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
Digital certificate
33. BEST option to improve accountability for a system administrator is to _____________________.
Creation of a business continuity plan
Asset classification
include security responsibilities in a job description
Alignment with business strategy
34. To improve the security governance framework and achieve a higher level of maturity _____________________ is most important.
Stress testing
Cross-site scripting attacks
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
35. 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 -
Skills inventory
Logon banners
Comparison of cost of achievement
Gap analysis
36. Will prevent unauthorized access to the laptop even when the laptop is lost or stolen.
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Threat assessment
Support the business objectives of the organization
Encryption of the hard disks
37. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.
Centralization of information security management
Defining high-level business security requirements
IP address packet filtering
0-day vulnerabilities
38. 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
What happened and how the breach was resolved
Digital certificate
A network vulnerability assessment
Two-factor authentication
39. An effective tool but primarily focuses on malicious code from external sources - and only for those applications that are online.
Cross-site scripting attacks
Tailgating
include security responsibilities in a job description
Virus detection
40. 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
Comparison of cost of achievement
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Exceptions to policy
Defined objectives
41. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.
Use of security metrics
Proficiency testing
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
42. Information security governance models are highly dependent on the _____________________.
Overall organizational structure
Trojan horse
IP address packet filtering
Retention of business records
43. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.
Classification of assets needs
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
Creation of a business continuity plan
Data owners
44. Program that copies itself repeatedly - using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer or network
Aligned with organizational goals
Support the business objectives of the organization
Cross-site scripting attacks
Worm
45. Are expensive - so they have to be used in areas where the risk is at its greatest level. These areas are the ones with high impact and high frequency of occurrence.
Regulatory compliance
Security code reviews for the entire software application
Examples of containment defenses
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
46. Senior management commitment and support for information security can BEST be obtained through presentations that ____________________.
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
Centralization of information security management
Equal error rate (EER)
Tie security risks to key business objectives
47. 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.
Defined objectives
Deeper level of analysis
Virus
Creation of a business continuity plan
48. The primary role of the information security manager in the process of information classification within the organization.
Internal risk assessment
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Inherent risk
Tie security risks to key business objectives
49. 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.
Protective switch covers
OBusiness case development
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
50. Most effective for evaluating the degree to which information security objectives are being met.
Service level agreements (SLAs)
Two-factor authentication
Inherent risk
The balanced scorecard