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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
Equal error rate (EER)
Logon banners
Data classification
2. The security manager would be most concerned with whether _____________________ than the cost of adding additional controls.
Key controls
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
Rule-based access control
3. Program that copies itself repeatedly - using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer or network
Worm
Threat assessment
Patch management process
Calculating the value of the information or asset
4. Provides process needs but not impact.
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
The board of directors and senior management
Resource dependency assessment
Role-based access control
5. When mobile equipment is lost or stolen - the ______________________ matters most in determining the impact of the loss.
Resource dependency assessment
Safeguards over keys
Information contained on the equipment
Transmit e-mail messages
6. The most important characteristic of good security policies is that they be ____________________.
Security risk
Comparison of cost of achievement
Control effectiveness
Aligned with organizational goals
7. Someone who uses email as a vehicle for extortion; send company threatening emails indicating they will expose confidential information - exploit security launch - etc.
Malicious software and spyware
Internal risk assessment
Cyber extortionist
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
8. Using public key infrastructure (PKI) is currently accepted as the most secure method to _____________.
Skills inventory
Transmit e-mail messages
Data owners
Cyber terrorist
9. Provides strong online authentication.
Do with the information it collects
Internal risk assessment
Data warehouse
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
10. The most fundamental evaluation criteria for the appropriate selection of any security technology is ________________________.
Return on security investment (ROSI)
Transmit e-mail messages
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
11. Computer that has duplicate components so it can continue to operate when one of its main components fail
Regular review of access control lists
Support the business objectives of the organization
Fault-tolerant computer
Background checks of prospective employees
12. Company or person you believe will not send a virus-infect file knowingly
MAL wear
Get senior management onboard
Trusted source
Knowledge management
13. 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
Trojan horse
Waterfall chart
Stress testing
14. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
IP address packet filtering
Malicious software and spyware
Cracker
15. 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.
Do with the information it collects
0-day vulnerabilities
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Cross-site scripting attacks
16. Should be performed to identify the risk and determine needed controls.
The board of directors and senior management
Support the business objectives of the organization
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Internal risk assessment
17. 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.
Personal firewall
Stress testing
Transferred risk
Return on security investment (ROSI)
18. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
Proficiency testing
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
Digital certificate
19. 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.
Monitoring processes
0-day vulnerabilities
Regulatory compliance
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
20. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.
Multinational organization
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
The data custodian
21. The first step in a risk analysis process to determine the impact to the organization - which is the ultimate goal.
Control risk
Gap analysis
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Virus
22. Most effective in providing reasonable assurance of physical access compliance to an unmanned server room controlled with biometric devices.
Data owners
Threat assessment
Regular review of access control lists
The data owner
23. Reducing risk to a level too small to measure is _______________.
Proficiency testing
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
Patch management process
Asset classification
24. Identification and _______________ of business risk enables project managers to address areas with most significance.
Inherent risk
Rule-based access control
Prioritization
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
25. 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 -
Two-factor authentication
The board of directors and senior management
Rule-based access control
Gap analysis
26. Provide minimum recommended settings and do not prevent introduction of control weaknesses.'
Gap analysis
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Security baselines
Fault-tolerant computer
27. Programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter a computer's operations
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Support the business objectives of the organization
MAL wear
Centralized structure
28. Logging as well as monitoring - measuring - auditing - detecting viruses and intrusion.
Data isolation
Regulatory compliance
Detection defenses
Cross-site scripting attacks
29. The PRIMARY goal in developing an information security strategy is to: _________________________.
Support the business objectives of the organization
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
30. Should be a standard requirement for the service provider.
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Consensus on risks and controls
Assess the risks to the business operation
Background check
31. Adherence to local regulations must always be the priority. _______________________ is the most effective compromise in this situation.
Identify the relevant systems and processes
Cracker
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
Regulatory compliance
32. When reporting an incident to senior management - the initial information to be communicated should include an explanation of _____________________ A summary of security logs would be too technical to report to senior management. An analysis of the i
What happened and how the breach was resolved
Information contained on the equipment
Personal firewall
Role-based policy
33. S small warehouse - designed for the end-user needs in a strategic business unit
Creation of a business continuity plan
Data mart
Use of security metrics
Cross-site scripting attacks
34. Attackers who exploit weak application authentication controls can ___________________ and this has little to do with cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.
A network vulnerability assessment
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Alignment with business strategy
Data mart
35. Uses security metrics to measure the performance of the information security program.
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
Information security manager
The information security officer
Hacker
36. 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.
Equal error rate (EER)
Role-based policy
Cracker
Classification of assets needs
37. _______________ of the organization have the responsibility of ensuring information systems security this can include indirect personnel such as physical security personnel.
Worm
All personnel
Two-factor authentication
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
38. The BEST justification to convince management to invest in an information security program is that doing so would _________________.
Increase business value and confidence
Asset classification
Do with the information it collects
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
39. When developing an information security program _________________ would help identify the available resources - any gaps and the training requirements for developing resources.
Transferred risk
Skills inventory
Conduct a risk assessment
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
40. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.
Penetration testing
Regulatory compliance
include security responsibilities in a job description
Single sign-on (SSO) product
41. The risk that remains after putting into place an effective risk management program; therefore - acceptable risk is achieved when this amount is minimized.
Residual risk
Cyber terrorist
Developing an information security baseline
Certificate authority (CA)
42. Program that hides within or looks like a legit program
Trojan horse
Performing a risk assessment
Audit objectives
Protective switch covers
43. Inject malformed input.
Cross-site scripting attacks
Data warehouse
Security risk
Methodology used in the assessment
44. Attackers who exploit flawed ___________________________________ can sniff network traffic and crack keys to gain unauthorized access to information.
Information contained on the equipment
Penetration testing
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Transmit e-mail messages
45. 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.
Increase business value and confidence
Role-based access control
Key controls
Two-factor authentication
46. The primary role of the information security manager in the process of information classification within the organization.
Logon banners
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
People
Requirements of the data owners
47. 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.
Trusted source
Regulatory compliance
Risk appetite
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
48. Potentially damaging computer program that affects - or infects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works
Methodology used in the assessment
Data owners
Virus
Digital signatures
49. In assessing the degree to which an organization may be affected by new privacy legislation - information security management should first _____________________.
Asset classification
Cross-site scripting attacks
Inherent risk
Identify the relevant systems and processes
50. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.
Script kiddie
Asset classification
Transmit e-mail messages
Audit objectives