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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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






2. Primarily reduce risk and are most effective for the protection of information assets.






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






4. Computer that has duplicate components so it can continue to operate when one of its main components fail






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






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






8. 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.






9. Responsible for securing the information.






10. btaining senior management support for establishing a warm site can BEST be accomplished by ____________________ - including a cost-benefit analysis - will be most persuasive to management. A risk assessment may be included in the business case - but






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






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






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.






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






15. 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. .






16. 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






17. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.






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






19. The job of the information security officer on a management team is to ___________________.






20. Cannot be minimized






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






22. Accesses a computer or network illegally






23. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.






24. 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.






25. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






26. 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






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






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






29. 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






30. Would reduce the possibility of an individual accidentally pressing the power button on a device - thereby turning off the device.






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






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






33. 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






34. When defining the information classification policy - the ___________________ need to be identified.






35. 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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36. Most effective in protecting classified data that have been encrypted to prevent disclosure and transmission outside the organization's network.






37. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






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






39. In assessing the degree to which an organization may be affected by new privacy legislation - information security management should first _____________________.






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






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






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






43. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






44. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.






45. Any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer hardware - software - data - information - or processing capability






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






47. The information security manager needs to prioritize the controls based on ________________________.






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






49. Should be performed to identify the risk and determine needed controls.






50. Occurs when the incoming level







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