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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _________________________ will allow the information security manager to prioritize the remedial measures and provide a means to convey a sense of urgency to management.






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






4. A Successful risk management should lead to a ________________.






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






6. Would reduce the possibility of an individual accidentally pressing the power button on a device - thereby turning off the device.






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






8. 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.






9. The information security manager needs to prioritize the controls based on ________________________.






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






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






12. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






13. 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.






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






15. Senior management commitment and support for information security can BEST be obtained through presentations that ____________________.






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






18. n a _________________________ - the annual cost of safeguards is compared with the expected cost of loss. This can then be used to justify a specific control measure.






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






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






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






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






23. Risk should be reduced to a level that an organization _____________.






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






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






26. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






27. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






28. 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.






29. Occurs when the incoming level






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

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






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






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






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






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






36. Has full responsibility over data.






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






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






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






40. Responsible for securing the information.






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






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






43. The weakest link in security implementation - and awareness would reduce this risk. Through security awareness and training programs - individual employees can be informed and sensitized on various security policies and other security topics - thus e






44. btaining senior management support for establishing a warm site can BEST be accomplished by ____________________ - including a cost-benefit analysis - will be most persuasive to management. A risk assessment may be included in the business case - but






45. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






46. BEST option to improve accountability for a system administrator is to _____________________.






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






48. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






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






50. 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