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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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1. 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.






2. In assessing the degree to which an organization may be affected by new privacy legislation - information security management should first _____________________.






3. Carries out the technical administration.






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






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






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






8. Has full responsibility over data.






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






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






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






13. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






14. 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.






15. The MOST important element of an information security strategy.






16. Addresses strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats. Although useful - a SWOT analysis is not as effective a tool.






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






18. 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






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






20. Provides strong online authentication.






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






22. Provides process needs but not impact.






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






24. 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






25. 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.






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






27. Cannot be minimized






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






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






30. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






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






32. The most relevant piece of information to include in a cost-benefit analysis of a two-factor authentication system - it would establish a cost baseline and it must be considered for the full life cycle of the control. .






33. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.






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






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






36. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






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






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






40. _______________ of the organization have the responsibility of ensuring information systems security this can include indirect personnel such as physical security personnel.






41. A tool to be used in internal control assessment. KRI setup presents a threshold to alert management when controls are being compromised in business processes. This is a control tool rather than a maturity model support tool.






42. 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






43. _________________________ will allow the information security manager to prioritize the remedial measures and provide a means to convey a sense of urgency to management.






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.







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