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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Creation of a business continuity plan
Control effectiveness
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Information security manager
2. Will prevent unauthorized access to the laptop even when the laptop is lost or stolen.
Security code reviews for the entire software application
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
Encryption of the hard disks
Centralization of information security management
3. Someone who uses email as a vehicle for extortion; send company threatening emails indicating they will expose confidential information - exploit security launch - etc.
What happened and how the breach was resolved
Requirements of the data owners
Exceptions to policy
Cyber extortionist
4. 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.
Return on security investment (ROSI)
SWOT analysis
Overall organizational structure
Rule-based access control
5. The risk that has been assumed by a third party and may not necessarily be equal to the minimal form of residual risk.
Rule-based access control
Acceptable use policies
The data custodian
Transferred risk
6. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
Return on security investment (ROSI)
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
7. Using public key infrastructure (PKI) is currently accepted as the most secure method to _____________.
Transmit e-mail messages
Logon banners
Equal error rate (EER)
Data mart
8. Provide minimum recommended settings and do not prevent introduction of control weaknesses.'
Script kiddie
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Security baselines
Cost of control
9. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.
Control effectiveness
Undervoltage (brownout)
IP address packet filtering
Support the business objectives of the organization
10. Program that hides within or looks like a legit program
What happened and how the breach was resolved
Trojan horse
Risk appetite
Transferred risk
11. Ultimately responsible for all that happens in the organization. The others are not individually liable for failures of security in the organization.
Detection defenses
The board of directors and senior management
SWOT analysis
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
12. 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 -
Gap analysis
Encryption
IP address packet filtering
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
13. By definition are not previously known and therefore are undetectable.
Data warehouse
A network vulnerability assessment
0-day vulnerabilities
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
14. To identify known vulnerabilities based on common misconfigurations and missing updates.
The data owner
A network vulnerability assessment
Defining high-level business security requirements
The information security officer
15. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.
Encryption key management
Data isolation
Trusted source
Stress testing
16. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.
Spoofing attacks
Worm
Get senior management onboard
The balanced scorecard
17. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory
Centralized structure
Knowledge management
Data mart
Creation of a business continuity plan
18. 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
Centralized structure
Get senior management onboard
Role-based policy
Data classification
19. 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.
include security responsibilities in a job description
Control effectiveness
Risk appetite
A network vulnerability assessment
20. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.
Access control matrix
Malicious software and spyware
Cross-site scripting attacks
The database administrator
21. The PRIMARY goal in developing an information security strategy is to: _________________________.
IP address packet filtering
Owner of the information asset
Support the business objectives of the organization
Defining high-level business security requirements
22. 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.
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Transmit e-mail messages
Equal error rate (EER)
Stress testing
23. 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.
Regulatory compliance
Multinational organization
Aligned with organizational goals
Protective switch covers
24. 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. .
Classification of assets needs
Script kiddie
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
Inherent risk
25. Most effective in providing reasonable assurance of physical access compliance to an unmanned server room controlled with biometric devices.
Logon banners
Acceptable use policies
Exceptions to policy
Regular review of access control lists
26. When developing an information security program _________________ would help identify the available resources - any gaps and the training requirements for developing resources.
Skills inventory
Audit objectives
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
MAL wear
27. 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.
Security risk
Decentralization
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
28. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.
Examples of containment defenses
Overall organizational structure
Encryption
Regular review of access control lists
29. _________________________ will allow the information security manager to prioritize the remedial measures and provide a means to convey a sense of urgency to management.
Performing a risk assessment
Encryption
Trojan horse
People
30. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally
Information contained on the equipment
Hacker
Increase business value and confidence
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
31. Should be performed to identify the risk and determine needed controls.
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
Trojan horse
The data owner
Internal risk assessment
32. A repository of historical data organized by subject to support decision makers in the org
Protective switch covers
Data warehouse
Two-factor authentication
Encryption key management
33. 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.
Notifications and opt-out provisions
Role-based access control
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Confidentiality
34. A function of the session keys distributed by the PKI.
Classification of assets needs
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Cyber extortionist
Confidentiality
35. To improve the security governance framework and achieve a higher level of maturity _____________________ is most important.
Conduct a risk assessment
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
36. Addresses strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats. Although useful - a SWOT analysis is not as effective a tool.
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Cyber terrorist
SWOT analysis
Logon banners
37. Involves the correction of software weaknesses and would necessarily follow change management procedures.
Patch management
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
People
Virus detection
38. 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.
Centralization of information security management
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
All personnel
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
39. The _____________________ should be the person with the decision-making power in the department deriving the most benefit from the asset.
Owner of the information asset
Prioritization
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Trojan horse
40. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.
OBusiness case development
Script kiddie
Undervoltage (brownout)
Deeper level of analysis
41. The information security manager needs to prioritize the controls based on ________________________.
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
Protective switch covers
The balanced scorecard
Patch management process
42. Can be used to detect an external attack but would not help in authenticating a user attempting to connect.
The data owner
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Waterfall chart
Background checks of prospective employees
43. 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.
Protective switch covers
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Cracker
Monitoring processes
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
Biometric access control systems
Classification of assets needs
IP address packet filtering
Asset classification
45. It is important to achieve ____________________ - and obtain inputs from various organizational entities since security needs to be aligned to the needs of the organization.
Data mart
Multinational organization
Consensus on risks and controls
Classification of assets needs
46. 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
Data classification
Increase business value and confidence
Examples of containment defenses
Transferred risk
47. BEST option to improve accountability for a system administrator is to _____________________.
IP address packet filtering
include security responsibilities in a job description
Centralized structure
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
48. The best measure for preventing the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.
Encryption of the hard disks
Notifications and opt-out provisions
Acceptable use policies
Digital signatures
49. It is more efficient to establish a ___________________for locations that must meet specific requirements.
Data mart
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Threat assessment
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
50. The _____________________is a severe omission and will greatly increase information security risk. Presents the GREATEST information security risk for an organization with multiple - but small - domestic processing locations
Spoofing attacks
Data owners
Lack of change management
Role-based policy