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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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






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






3. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






4. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






5. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






6. provides the most effective protection of data on mobile devices.






7. Provide metrics to which outsourcing firms can be held accountable.






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






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






10. 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.






11. Cannot be minimized






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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. When the ________________ is more than the cost of the risk - the risk should be accepted.






18. 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.






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






20. 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. .






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






22. Carries out the technical administration.






23. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






24. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.






25. The primary role of the information security manager in the process of information classification within the organization.






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






27. An information security manager has to impress upon the human resources department the need for _____________________.






28. 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.






29. Whenever personal data are transferred across national boundaries; ________________________ are required.






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






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






32. Provides strong online authentication.






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






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






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 -






36. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.






37. 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






38. Someone who uses email as a vehicle for extortion; send company threatening emails indicating they will expose confidential information - exploit security launch - etc.






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






40. The best measure and will involve reviewing the entire source code to detect all instances of back doors.






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






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






43. A Successful risk management should lead to a ________________.






44. A key indicator of performance measurement.






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






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






47. The MOST important element of an information security strategy.






48. The BEST justification to convince management to invest in an information security program is that doing so would _________________.






49. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






50. It is important to achieve ____________________ - and obtain inputs from various organizational entities since security needs to be aligned to the needs of the organization.







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