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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Company or person you believe will not send a virus-infect file knowingly






2. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






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






4. An effective tool but primarily focuses on malicious code from external sources - and only for those applications that are online.






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






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






7. Will associate data access with the role performed by an individual - thus restricting access to data required to perform the individual's tasks.






8. 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 -






9. 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.






10. 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.






11. The _____________________is a severe omission and will greatly increase information security risk. Presents the GREATEST information security risk for an organization with multiple - but small - domestic processing locations






12. 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






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






14. On a company's e-commerce web site - a good legal statement regarding data privacy should include a statement regarding what the company will ___________________.






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






16. 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.






17. Using public key infrastructure (PKI) is currently accepted as the most secure method to _____________.






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






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






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






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






22. Provides process needs but not impact.






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. 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






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






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






33. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






34. Information security architecture should always be _______________________. Alignment with IT plans or industry and security best practices is secondary by comparison.






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. The risk that remains after putting into place an effective risk management program; therefore - acceptable risk is achieved when this amount is minimized.






45. Cannot be minimized






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






47. 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






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






49. Carries out the technical administration.






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