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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. The best strategy for risk management is to ___________________- as this will take into account the organization's appetite for risk and the fact that it would not be practical to eliminate all risk.






3. New security ulnerabilities should be managed through a ________________.






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






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






6. When developing an information security program _________________ would help identify the available resources - any gaps and the training requirements for developing resources.






7. Culture has a significant impact on how information security will be implemented in a ______________________.






8. Lists only the vulnerabilities inherent in the information asset that can attract threats. It does not consider the value of the asset and the impact of perceived threats on the value.






9. Because past performance is a strong predictor of future performance - _______________________ best prevents attacks from originating within an organization.






10. 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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11. Residual risk is unmanaged - i.e. - inherent risk which remains uncontrolled. This is key to the organization's _____________ and is the amount of residual risk that a business is living with that affects its viability.






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






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






14. In order to highlight to management the importance of network security - the security manager should FIRST _______________.






15. A trusted third party that attests to the identity of the signatory - and reliance will be a function of the level of trust afforded the CA.






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






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






18. Used to understand the flow of one process into another.






19. Provides process needs but not impact.






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






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






22. Someone who uses the internet or network to destroy or damage computers for political reasons






23. 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






24. To improve the security governance framework and achieve a higher level of maturity _____________________ is most important.






25. 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.






26. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






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






28. A method for analyzing and reducing a relational database to its most streamlined form






29. Addresses strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats. Although useful - a SWOT analysis is not as effective a tool.






30. Ultimately responsible for all that happens in the organization. The others are not individually liable for failures of security in the organization.






31. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. Scam in which a perpetrator sends an official looking email message that attempts to obtain your personal and financial information






35. Provide minimum recommended settings and do not prevent introduction of control weaknesses.'






36. 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






37. 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






38. Occurs when the incoming level






39. Programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter a computer's operations






40. Reducing risk to a level too small to measure is _______________.






41. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






42. 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.






43. Warranted in circumstances where compliance may be difficult or impossible and the risk of noncompliance is outweighed by the benefits.






44. The most important characteristic of good security policies is that they be ____________________.






45. It is more efficient to establish a ___________________for locations that must meet specific requirements.






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






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






48. An internal review of a web-based application system finds the ability to gain access to all employees' accounts by changing the employee's ID on the URL used for accessing the account. It means _____________.






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






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