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






2. 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.






3. Occurs when the incoming level






4. Needs to define the access rules - which is troublesome and error prone in large organizations.






5. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






6. Are expensive - so they have to be used in areas where the risk is at its greatest level. These areas are the ones with high impact and high frequency of occurrence.






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






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






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






10. Responsible for assigning user entitlements and approving access to the systems for which they are responsible.






11. 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 _____________.






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






13. Helps to define the minimum acceptable security that will be implemented to protect the information resources in accordance with the respective criticality levels.






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






21. 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.






22. Cannot be minimized






23. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






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






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






26. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






27. The MOST important component of a privacy policy is: A Privacy policies must contain _______________; they are a high-level management statement of direction. They do not necessarily address warranties - liabilities or geographic coverage - which are






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. Accesses a computer or network illegally






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






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






40. Adherence to local regulations must always be the priority. _______________________ is the most effective compromise in this situation.






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






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






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






44. Company or person you believe will not send a virus-infect file knowingly






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






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