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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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1. Most effective for evaluating the degree to which information security objectives are being met.






2. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






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






4. The best indicator of the level of compliance with the service level agreement ( SLA ) data confidentiality clauses.






5. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






6. Provides an additional security mechanism over and above that provided by passwords alone. This is frequently used by mobile users needing to establish connectivity to a corporate network.






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






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






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






10. Program that hides within or looks like a legit program






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






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






13. Provides process needs but not impact.






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






15. 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






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






17. Involves the correction of software weaknesses and would necessarily follow change management procedures.






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






19. Has full responsibility over data.






20. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






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






22. 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.






23. Cannot be minimized






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






25. S small warehouse - designed for the end-user needs in a strategic business unit






26. The most relevant piece of information to include in a cost-benefit analysis of a two-factor authentication system - it would establish a cost baseline and it must be considered for the full life cycle of the control. .






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






28. Utility program that detects and protects a personal computer from unauthorized intrusions






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






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






31. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






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






33. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.






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






35. Risk should be reduced to a level that an organization _____________.






36. Accesses a computer or network illegally






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






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






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






40. Has to be integrated into the requirements of every software application's design.






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






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






43. Helps to define the minimum acceptable security that will be implemented to protect the information resources in accordance with the respective criticality levels.






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

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






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






47. 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






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






49. 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.






50. A function of the session keys distributed by the PKI.







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