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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. The MOST effective approach to address issues that arise between IT management - business units and security management when implementing a new security strategy is for the information security manager to ____________________ with any security recomm






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






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






6. By definition are not previously known and therefore are undetectable.






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






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






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






10. New security ulnerabilities should be managed through a ________________.






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






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






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






14. provides the most effective protection of data on mobile devices.






15. Logging as well as monitoring - measuring - auditing - detecting viruses and intrusion.






16. Provides strong online authentication.






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






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






19. 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






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






21. 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.






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






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






24. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






25. 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






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






27. Involves the correction of software weaknesses and would necessarily follow change management procedures.






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






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






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






31. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






32. When reporting an incident to senior management - the initial information to be communicated should include an explanation of _____________________ A summary of security logs would be too technical to report to senior management. An analysis of the i






33. A tool to be used in internal control assessment. KRI setup presents a threshold to alert management when controls are being compromised in business processes. This is a control tool rather than a maturity model support tool.






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






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






36. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. Has to be integrated into the requirements of every software application's design.






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






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






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






43. Has full responsibility over data.






44. Potentially damaging computer program that affects - or infects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works






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






46. 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.






47. 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.






48. Culture has a significant impact on how information security will be implemented in a ______________________.






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






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