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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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






2. When mobile equipment is lost or stolen - the ______________________ matters most in determining the impact of the loss.






3. 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.






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






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






6. In biometric systems where the possibility of false rejects is a problem - it may be necessary to reduce sensitivity and thereby increase the number of false accepts.






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






9. 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.






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






11. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






12. It is easier to manage and control a _________________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Responsible for assigning user entitlements and approving access to the systems for which they are responsible.






20. 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






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






22. Can be used to detect an external attack but would not help in authenticating a user attempting to connect.






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






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






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






26. The best measure and will involve reviewing the entire source code to detect all instances of back doors.






27. Adherence to local regulations must always be the priority. _______________________ is the most effective compromise in this situation.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. Utility program that detects and protects a personal computer from unauthorized intrusions






39. On a company's e-commerce web site - a good legal statement regarding data privacy should include a statement regarding what the company will ___________________.






40. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






41. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






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






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






44. 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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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






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