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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






2. Carries out the technical administration.






3. 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






4. 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.






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. The most fundamental evaluation criteria for the appropriate selection of any security technology is ________________________.






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






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






13. Logging as well as monitoring - measuring - auditing - detecting viruses and intrusion.






14. __________________________ is of utmost importance. Understanding business objectives is critical in determining the security needs of the organization.






15. 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 _____________.






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






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






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






19. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






20. Only valid if assets have first been identified and appropriately valued.






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






22. 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






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






24. _________________________ will allow the information security manager to prioritize the remedial measures and provide a means to convey a sense of urgency to management.






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. Ensure that transmitted information can be attributed to the named sender.






31. 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.






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






33. The risk that controls may not prevent/detect an incident with a measure of control effectiveness.






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






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






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






37. The MOST effective way to ensure network users are aware of their responsibilities to comply with an organization's security requirements is - ______________ would appear every time the user logs on - and the user would be required to read and agree






38. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.






39. Attackers who exploit weak application authentication controls can ___________________ and this has little to do with cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






49. Provides strong online authentication.






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