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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.






2. 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






3. A notice that guarantees a user or a web site is legitimate






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






10. Are not infallible. When tuning the solution - one has to adjust the sensitivity level to give preference either to false reject rate (type I error rate) where the system will be more prone to err denying access to a valid user or erring and allowing






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






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






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






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






15. Results in greater uniformity and better adherence to security policies. It is generally less expensive to administer due to the economies of scale. However - turnaround can be slower due to the lack of alignment with business units.






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






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






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






19. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






21. 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






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






23. 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.






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






25. 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.






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






27. Requires a process to verify that the control process worked as intended. Examples such as dual-control or dual-entry bookkeeping provide verification and assurance that the process operated as intended.






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






29. A key indicator of performance measurement.






30. When the ________________ is more than the cost of the risk - the risk should be accepted.






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. The best measure for preventing the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.






36. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






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






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






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






40. Should be a standard requirement for the service provider.






41. 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.






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






43. 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 -






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






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






46. S small warehouse - designed for the end-user needs in a strategic business unit






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






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






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






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