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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. It is important to achieve ____________________ - and obtain inputs from various organizational entities since security needs to be aligned to the needs of the organization.






2. Information security governance models are highly dependent on the _____________________.






3. The MOST important element of an information security strategy.






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






5. Would reduce the possibility of an individual accidentally pressing the power button on a device - thereby turning off the device.






6. Most effective in protecting classified data that have been encrypted to prevent disclosure and transmission outside the organization's network.






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






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






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






10. _________________________ will allow the information security manager to prioritize the remedial measures and provide a means to convey a sense of urgency to management.






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. 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






14. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






15. 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.






16. Provide metrics to which outsourcing firms can be held accountable.






17. 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.






18. An organization without any formal information security program should start with _______________________ because the implementation should be based on those security requirements.






19. Because past performance is a strong predictor of future performance - _______________________ best prevents attacks from originating within an organization.






20. 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






21. A method for analyzing and reducing a relational database to its most streamlined form






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






23. 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.






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






25. 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.






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






27. The risk that has been assumed by a third party and may not necessarily be equal to the minimal form of residual risk.






28. The best strategy for risk management is to ___________________- as this will take into account the organization's appetite for risk and the fact that it would not be practical to eliminate all risk.






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






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






31. The PRIMARY goal in developing an information security strategy is to: _________________________.






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






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






34. Inject malformed input.






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






36. Occurs after the risk assessment process - it does not measure it.






37. 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.






38. Identification and _______________ of business risk enables project managers to address areas with most significance.






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






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






41. btaining senior management support for establishing a warm site can BEST be accomplished by ____________________ - including a cost-benefit analysis - will be most persuasive to management. A risk assessment may be included in the business case - but






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






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






44. 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






45. 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






46. Has full responsibility over data.






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






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






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






50. The BEST justification to convince management to invest in an information security program is that doing so would _________________.