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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Can be a standalone driver for an information security governance measure. No further analysis nor justification is required since the entity has no choice in the regulatory requirements.






2. A function of the session keys distributed by the PKI.






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






4. Logging as well as monitoring - measuring - auditing - detecting viruses and intrusion.






5. Uses security metrics to measure the performance of the information security program.






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






7. Accesses a computer or network illegally






8. 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






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






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






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






12. While useful for identifying the difference between the current state and the desired future state - e.g. organization has to comply with recently published industry regulatory requirements compliance that potentially has high implementation costs -






13. Information security architecture should always be _______________________. Alignment with IT plans or industry and security best practices is secondary by comparison.






14. Has full responsibility over data.






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






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






17. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






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






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






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






22. 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.






23. Will associate data access with the role performed by an individual - thus restricting access to data required to perform the individual's tasks.






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






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






26. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory






27. 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.






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






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






30. Inject malformed input.






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






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






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






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






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






36. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






37. 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






38. 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.






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






40. Information security governance models are highly dependent on the _____________________.






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






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






43. Provides process needs but not impact.






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






45. 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.






46. 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






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






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






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






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