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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. By definition are not previously known and therefore are undetectable.
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
Security awareness training for all employees
0-day vulnerabilities
2. To improve the security governance framework and achieve a higher level of maturity _____________________ is most important.
MAL wear
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
Confidentiality
Knowledge management
3. 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
Lack of change management
Tailgating
Transferred risk
Stress testing
4. Inject malformed input.
Creation of a business continuity plan
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Waterfall chart
Cross-site scripting attacks
5. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.
What happened and how the breach was resolved
Owner of the information asset
Undervoltage (brownout)
Audit objectives
6. Company or person you believe will not send a virus-infect file knowingly
Trusted source
Monitoring processes
Gap analysis
Overall organizational structure
7. _______________ of the organization have the responsibility of ensuring information systems security this can include indirect personnel such as physical security personnel.
Increase business value and confidence
Asset classification
All personnel
Data classification
8. 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.
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
Centralization of information security management
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
9. The MOST useful way to describe the objectives in the information security strategy is through ______________________.
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10. A function of the session keys distributed by the PKI.
Transmit e-mail messages
Confidentiality
Process of introducing changes to systems
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
11. Because past performance is a strong predictor of future performance - _______________________ best prevents attacks from originating within an organization.
Background checks of prospective employees
Threat assessment
Data warehouse
Penetration testing
12. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.
IP address packet filtering
Data isolation
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Digital signatures
13. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.
Properly aligned with business goals and objectives
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Spoofing attacks
Undervoltage (brownout)
14. 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.
Role-based access control
Security awareness training for all employees
Use of security metrics
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
15. Occurs when the electrical supply drops
Risk appetite
Stress testing
Inherent risk
Undervoltage (brownout)
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
Get senior management onboard
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
Personal firewall
17. The best measure and will involve reviewing the entire source code to detect all instances of back doors.
Risk appetite
Detection defenses
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Security code reviews for the entire software application
18. The most fundamental evaluation criteria for the appropriate selection of any security technology is ________________________.
A network vulnerability assessment
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
Assess the risks to the business operation
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
19. 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
Security awareness training for all employees
Access control matrix
OBusiness case development
Security baselines
20. Reducing risk to a level too small to measure is _______________.
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
Biometric access control systems
Logon banners
21. Provide minimum recommended settings and do not prevent introduction of control weaknesses.'
Trusted source
Security baselines
Support the business objectives of the organization
Background check
22. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Proficiency testing
Patch management process
Consensus on risks and controls
23. Helps to define the minimum acceptable security that will be implemented to protect the information resources in accordance with the respective criticality levels.
Developing an information security baseline
Safeguards over keys
Security code reviews for the entire software application
Transferred risk
24. Provides process needs but not impact.
Service level agreements (SLAs)
Information security manager
Resource dependency assessment
Tailgating
25. Whenever personal data are transferred across national boundaries; ________________________ are required.
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
Acceptable use policies
The balanced scorecard
Inherent risk
26. 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.
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Information security manager
Penetration testing
Equal error rate (EER)
27. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.
Assess the risks to the business operation
Logon banners
Asset classification
Multinational organization
28. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory
Internal risk assessment
Cross-site scripting attacks
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
Knowledge management
29. The MOST important element of an information security strategy.
Defined objectives
Monitoring processes
Exceptions to policy
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
30. Will associate data access with the role performed by an individual - thus restricting access to data required to perform the individual's tasks.
Vulnerability assessment
The information security officer
Role-based policy
0-day vulnerabilities
31. Senior management commitment and support for information security can BEST be obtained through presentations that ____________________.
IP address packet filtering
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Risk appetite
Tie security risks to key business objectives
32. 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.
Certificate authority (CA)
Cracker
Deeper level of analysis
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
33. When mobile equipment is lost or stolen - the ______________________ matters most in determining the impact of the loss.
Increase business value and confidence
Alignment with business strategy
Background checks of prospective employees
Information contained on the equipment
34. Responsible for securing the information.
The data custodian
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Trojan horse
Use of security metrics
35. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Examples of containment defenses
Access control matrix
Defining high-level business security requirements
36. Utility program that detects and protects a personal computer from unauthorized intrusions
Script kiddie
Comparison of cost of achievement
Personal firewall
Inherent risk
37. Someone who uses the internet or network to destroy or damage computers for political reasons
Cyber terrorist
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Trusted source
Single sign-on (SSO) product
38. 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
People
Performing a risk assessment
Logon banners
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
39. The job of the information security officer on a management team is to ___________________.
Deeper level of analysis
Alignment with business strategy
Assess the risks to the business operation
People
40. Used to understand the flow of one process into another.
Encryption of the hard disks
Use of security metrics
Personal firewall
Waterfall chart
41. 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.
Role-based policy
Deeper level of analysis
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Virus
42. Same intent as a cracker but does not have the technical skills and knowledge
Penetration testing
Patch management
Monitoring processes
Script kiddie
43. Has to be integrated into the requirements of every software application's design.
Encryption key management
Centralized structure
Phishing
Data warehouse
44. Risk should be reduced to a level that an organization _____________.
Data warehouse
Internal risk assessment
Is willing to accept
Retention of business records
45. The PRIMARY goal in developing an information security strategy is to: _________________________.
Phishing
Support the business objectives of the organization
Transmit e-mail messages
Cracker
46. A method for analyzing and reducing a relational database to its most streamlined form
Information contained on the equipment
Use of security metrics
Normalization
Inherent risk
47. An effective tool but primarily focuses on malicious code from external sources - and only for those applications that are online.
Virus detection
Transferred risk
Data classification
Security risk
48. Most effective in providing reasonable assurance of physical access compliance to an unmanned server room controlled with biometric devices.
Regular review of access control lists
Two-factor authentication
Data classification
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
49. The best indicator of the level of compliance with the service level agreement ( SLA ) data confidentiality clauses.
Cracker
The balanced scorecard
Access control matrix
Skills inventory
50. BEST option to improve accountability for a system administrator is to _____________________.
Return on security investment (ROSI)
Information contained on the equipment
include security responsibilities in a job description
Data isolation