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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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






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






3. Provides strong online authentication.






4. Accesses a computer or network illegally






5. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Warranted in circumstances where compliance may be difficult or impossible and the risk of noncompliance is outweighed by the benefits.






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






14. 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






15. Inject malformed input.






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. Cannot be minimized






19. It is more efficient to establish a ___________________for locations that must meet specific requirements.






20. 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.






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






22. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






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






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






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






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

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28. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






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






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






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






32. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






33. The most critical process for deciding which part of the information system/business process should be given prioritization in case of a security incident.It provides results - such as impact from a security incident and required response times.






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






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






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






37. Attackers who exploit weak application authentication controls can ___________________ and this has little to do with cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.






38. Adherence to local regulations must always be the priority. _______________________ is the most effective compromise in this situation.






39. 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






40. 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






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






42. On a company's e-commerce web site - a good legal statement regarding data privacy should include a statement regarding what the company will ___________________.






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






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






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






46. Uses security metrics to measure the performance of the information security program.






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






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






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






50. 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.







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