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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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1. Responsible for securing the information.






2. 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.






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






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






5. The most important characteristic of good security policies is that they be ____________________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






13. 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. .






14. 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.






15. 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.






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






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






18. Only valid if assets have first been identified and appropriately valued.






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






20. A repository of historical data organized by subject to support decision makers in the org






21. __________________________ is of utmost importance. Understanding business objectives is critical in determining the security needs of the organization.






22. 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.






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






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






25. Provides process needs but not impact.






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. The MOST useful way to describe the objectives in the information security strategy is through ______________________.

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






32. Primarily reduce risk and are most effective for the protection of information assets.






33. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






34. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






35. 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 -






36. In order to highlight to management the importance of network security - the security manager should FIRST _______________.






37. When defining the information classification policy - the ___________________ need to be identified.






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






39. 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.






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






41. From a security standpoint - _______________________ is one of the most important topics that should be included in the contract with third-party service provider.

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






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






44. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






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






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






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






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






49. 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






50. Can be used to detect an external attack but would not help in authenticating a user attempting to connect.