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






2. Lists only the threats that the information asset is exposed to. It does not consider the value of the asset and impact of the threat on the value.






3. 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.






4. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






5. 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.






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






7. Utility program that detects and protects a personal computer from unauthorized intrusions






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






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

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10. The risk that remains after putting into place an effective risk management program; therefore - acceptable risk is achieved when this amount is minimized.






11. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory






12. Inject malformed input.






13. 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 -






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






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






16. 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.






17. 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. .






18. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Will associate data access with the role performed by an individual - thus restricting access to data required to perform the individual's tasks.






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






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






28. 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 _____________.






29. Responsible for securing the information.






30. 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.






31. Someone who uses the internet or network to destroy or damage computers for political reasons






32. 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.






33. A key indicator of performance measurement.






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






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






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






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. 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






46. A function of the session keys distributed by the PKI.






47. The _____________________ should be the person with the decision-making power in the department deriving the most benefit from the asset.






48. Should PRIMARILY be based on regulatory and legal requirements.






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






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