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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Information security governance models are highly dependent on the _____________________.






2. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. The security manager would be most concerned with whether _____________________ than the cost of adding additional controls.






10. Occurs when the incoming level






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






12. The BEST way to justify the implementation of a _____________________ is to use a business case. Return on investment (ROI) would only provide the costs needed to preclude specific risks - and would not provide other indirect benefits such as process






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






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






15. 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 -






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. Involves the correction of software weaknesses and would necessarily follow change management procedures.






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






27. Inject malformed input.






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






29. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.






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






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






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






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. Results in greater uniformity and better adherence to security policies. It is generally less expensive to administer due to the economies of scale. However - turnaround can be slower due to the lack of alignment with business units.






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






36. 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.






37. Should be a standard requirement for the service provider.






38. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






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






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. Whenever personal data are transferred across national boundaries; ________________________ are required.






49. 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.






50. 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.