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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.
Developing an information security baseline
Stress testing
Decentralization
Is willing to accept
2. Needs to define the access rules - which is troublesome and error prone in large organizations.
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Biometric access control systems
Rule-based access control
Hacker
3. _________________________ will allow the information security manager to prioritize the remedial measures and provide a means to convey a sense of urgency to management.
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Penetration testing
Performing a risk assessment
4. Someone who uses email as a vehicle for extortion; send company threatening emails indicating they will expose confidential information - exploit security launch - etc.
Comparison of cost of achievement
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Cyber extortionist
Logon banners
5. The best measure and will involve reviewing the entire source code to detect all instances of back doors.
Security code reviews for the entire software application
Asset classification
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
Knowledge management
6. An information security manager has to impress upon the human resources department the need for _____________________.
The board of directors and senior management
Security awareness training for all employees
Virus detection
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
7. Information security architecture should always be _______________________. Alignment with IT plans or industry and security best practices is secondary by comparison.
Virus
All personnel
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Properly aligned with business goals and objectives
8. Provides process needs but not impact.
Spoofing attacks
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Resource dependency assessment
Risk appetite
9. Company or person you believe will not send a virus-infect file knowingly
Phishing
Trusted source
Process of introducing changes to systems
Performing a risk assessment
10. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.
Hacker
OBusiness case development
Worm
Asset classification
11. The risk that remains after putting into place an effective risk management program; therefore - acceptable risk is achieved when this amount is minimized.
Knowledge management
Decentralization
Residual risk
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
12. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.
Spoofing attacks
Audit objectives
Protective switch covers
Malicious software and spyware
13. Occurs when the incoming level
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Logon banners
Cross-site scripting attacks
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
14. 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
Cracker
Lack of change management
Asset classification
Decentralization
15. By definition are not previously known and therefore are undetectable.
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
Malicious software and spyware
0-day vulnerabilities
Normalization
16. When defining the information classification policy - the ___________________ need to be identified.
Requirements of the data owners
Detection defenses
Control risk
The database administrator
17. Inject malformed input.
Cross-site scripting attacks
The data custodian
Data isolation
Acceptable use policies
18. Attackers who exploit weak application authentication controls can ___________________ and this has little to do with cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.
Process of introducing changes to systems
Security awareness training for all employees
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Detection defenses
19. The most important characteristic of good security policies is that they be ____________________.
Is willing to accept
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
Aligned with organizational goals
What happened and how the breach was resolved
20. Because past performance is a strong predictor of future performance - _______________________ best prevents attacks from originating within an organization.
Background checks of prospective employees
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Risk appetite
Cross-site scripting attacks
21. Helps to define the minimum acceptable security that will be implemented to protect the information resources in accordance with the respective criticality levels.
Cracker
Proficiency testing
Developing an information security baseline
Identify the relevant systems and processes
22. When the ________________ is more than the cost of the risk - the risk should be accepted.
Cost of control
Performing a risk assessment
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
Transferred risk
23. Ultimately responsible for all that happens in the organization. The others are not individually liable for failures of security in the organization.
The board of directors and senior management
A network vulnerability assessment
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Protective switch covers
24. 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
Use of security metrics
Confidentiality
Data classification
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
25. An organization without any formal information security program should start with _______________________ because the implementation should be based on those security requirements.
Resource dependency assessment
Rule-based access control
Defining high-level business security requirements
Security awareness training for all employees
26. The first step in a risk analysis process to determine the impact to the organization - which is the ultimate goal.
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Threat assessment
Return on security investment (ROSI)
Assess the risks to the business operation
27. It is easier to manage and control a _________________.
The data custodian
Centralized structure
Patch management process
Role-based policy
28. The MOST important element of the request for proposal (RFP) ro assess the maturity level of the organization's information security management is _______________________.
Applying the proper classification to the data
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
MAL wear
Methodology used in the assessment
29. When developing an information security program _________________ would help identify the available resources - any gaps and the training requirements for developing resources.
Regulatory compliance
Skills inventory
Knowledge management
Risk appetite
30. The PRIMARY goal in developing an information security strategy is to: _________________________.
Trojan horse
Support the business objectives of the organization
Detection defenses
Identify the relevant systems and processes
31. Attackers who exploit flawed ___________________________________ can sniff network traffic and crack keys to gain unauthorized access to information.
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Audit objectives
Protective switch covers
The authentication process is broken
32. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.
OBusiness case development
Deeper level of analysis
Proficiency testing
Safeguards over keys
33. 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.
Requirements of the data owners
Safeguards over keys
Monitoring processes
Centralized structure
34. Potentially damaging computer program that affects - or infects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works
The data custodian
Virus
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Cost of control
35. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally
Encryption
OBusiness case development
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Hacker
36. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory
Safeguards over keys
Knowledge management
Virus
Transferred risk
37. Utility program that detects and protects a personal computer from unauthorized intrusions
Consensus on risks and controls
Personal firewall
Prioritization
MAL wear
38. 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.
Centralization of information security management
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
Defined objectives
Return on security investment (ROSI)
39. On a company's e-commerce web site - a good legal statement regarding data privacy should include a statement regarding what the company will ___________________.
Do with the information it collects
Trusted source
Digital signatures
Cyber extortionist
40. 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.
Decentralization
Worm
Classification of assets needs
OBusiness case development
41. When mobile equipment is lost or stolen - the ______________________ matters most in determining the impact of the loss.
Multinational organization
Information contained on the equipment
Process of introducing changes to systems
Deeper level of analysis
42. New security ulnerabilities should be managed through a ________________.
Patch management process
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
Aligned with organizational goals
43. Most effective for evaluating the degree to which information security objectives are being met.
Cyber terrorist
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
Centralized structure
The balanced scorecard
44. Logging as well as monitoring - measuring - auditing - detecting viruses and intrusion.
Detection defenses
Waterfall chart
Virus detection
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
45. 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.
Stress testing
Virus
Role-based access control
Data warehouse
46. Programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter a computer's operations
Increase business value and confidence
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
MAL wear
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
47. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.
Tailgating
Return on security investment (ROSI)
Risk appetite
Malicious software and spyware
48. The BEST justification to convince management to invest in an information security program is that doing so would _________________.
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
The balanced scorecard
Increase business value and confidence
Process of introducing changes to systems
49. The most relevant piece of information to include in a cost-benefit analysis of a two-factor authentication system - it would establish a cost baseline and it must be considered for the full life cycle of the control. .
Information contained on the equipment
Role-based access control
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
Resource dependency assessment
50. Would reduce the possibility of an individual accidentally pressing the power button on a device - thereby turning off the device.
Retention of business records
Protective switch covers
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Patch management process