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






2. Provides strong online authentication.






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






4. 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






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






6. 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.






7. 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






8. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






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






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






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






12. There is a time lag between the time when a security vulnerability is first published - and the time when a patch is delivered. - The best protection is to _____________________ until a patch is installed.






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






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






15. Inject malformed input.






16. 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






17. The starting point for driving management's attention to information security. All other choices will follow the risk assessment.






18. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.






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






20. Carries out the technical administration.






21. 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.






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






23. Accesses a computer or network illegally






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






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






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






27. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






28. The MOST important component of a privacy policy is: A Privacy policies must contain _______________; they are a high-level management statement of direction. They do not necessarily address warranties - liabilities or geographic coverage - which are






29. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






39. Awareness training would most likely result in any attempted ____________ being challenged by the authorized employee






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






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






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






43. Has full responsibility over data.






44. Program that hides within or looks like a legit program






45. 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






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






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






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






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


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