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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.
Prioritization
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
Defined objectives
Penetration testing
2. BEST option to improve accountability for a system administrator is to _____________________.
include security responsibilities in a job description
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
What happened and how the breach was resolved
Internal risk assessment
3. Carries out the technical administration.
Equal error rate (EER)
Personal firewall
The database administrator
Examples of containment defenses
4. 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.
Data owners
Threat assessment
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
5. Information security architecture should always be _______________________. Alignment with IT plans or industry and security best practices is secondary by comparison.
Regular review of access control lists
The balanced scorecard
Performing a risk assessment
Properly aligned with business goals and objectives
6. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
Role-based access control
Proficiency testing
Cracker
7. An internal review of a web-based application system finds the ability to gain access to all employees' accounts by changing the employee's ID on the URL used for accessing the account. It means _____________.
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Threat assessment
Return on security investment (ROSI)
The authentication process is broken
8. The best indicator of the level of compliance with the service level agreement ( SLA ) data confidentiality clauses.
Residual risk
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Transmit e-mail messages
Access control matrix
9. Information security governance models are highly dependent on the _____________________.
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Overall organizational structure
Lack of change management
Residual risk
10. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.
Data warehouse
Support the business objectives of the organization
Overall organizational structure
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
11. Reducing risk to a level too small to measure is _______________.
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
Waterfall chart
A network vulnerability assessment
12. Has full responsibility over data.
Data classification
Assess the risks to the business operation
Applying the proper classification to the data
The data owner
13. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
Comparison of cost of achievement
Spoofing attacks
14. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Role-based policy
Data owners
Applying the proper classification to the data
15. Because past performance is a strong predictor of future performance - _______________________ best prevents attacks from originating within an organization.
SWOT analysis
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Background checks of prospective employees
The data custodian
16. Should be a standard requirement for the service provider.
Background check
Penetration testing
Acceptable use policies
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
17. Adherence to local regulations must always be the priority. _______________________ is the most effective compromise in this situation.
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
Patch management
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Virus
18. 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.
Cross-site scripting attacks
Role-based access control
Information security manager
Hacker
19. When defining the information classification policy - the ___________________ need to be identified.
Acceptable use policies
Requirements of the data owners
Cost of control
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
20. 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.
0-day vulnerabilities
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
Service level agreements (SLAs)
21. Needs to define the access rules - which is troublesome and error prone in large organizations.
Is willing to accept
Rule-based access control
Digital signatures
Knowledge management
22. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.
Biometric access control systems
Patch management
Classification of assets needs
Cyber terrorist
23. On a company's e-commerce web site - a good legal statement regarding data privacy should include a statement regarding what the company will ___________________.
Do with the information it collects
Digital certificate
Patch management
Security code reviews for the entire software application
24. Accesses a computer or network illegally
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Data mart
The balanced scorecard
Cracker
25. Involves the correction of software weaknesses and would necessarily follow change management procedures.
Security risk
Patch management
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Tailgating
26. The job of the information security officer on a management team is to ___________________.
0-day vulnerabilities
The authentication process is broken
Assess the risks to the business operation
Spoofing attacks
27. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.
Internal risk assessment
Residual risk
Malicious software and spyware
Return on security investment (ROSI)
28. Requires a process to verify that the control process worked as intended. Examples such as dual-control or dual-entry bookkeeping provide verification and assurance that the process operated as intended.
Phishing
Detection defenses
Control effectiveness
Skills inventory
29. Any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer hardware - software - data - information - or processing capability
Increase business value and confidence
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Security risk
Monitoring processes
30. Will prevent unauthorized access to the laptop even when the laptop is lost or stolen.
Cyber extortionist
Script kiddie
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Encryption of the hard disks
31. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.
The board of directors and senior management
The data owner
Asset classification
The data custodian
32. It is important to achieve ____________________ - and obtain inputs from various organizational entities since security needs to be aligned to the needs of the organization.
The balanced scorecard
Hacker
Consensus on risks and controls
Cyber extortionist
33. 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.
Data mart
Cross-site scripting attacks
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Security awareness training for all employees
34. Helps to define the minimum acceptable security that will be implemented to protect the information resources in accordance with the respective criticality levels.
Virus detection
Security code reviews for the entire software application
Service level agreements (SLAs)
Developing an information security baseline
35. The best measure and will involve reviewing the entire source code to detect all instances of back doors.
Alignment with business strategy
The data owner
Security code reviews for the entire software application
Data classification
36. 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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37. The best strategy for risk management is to ___________________- as this will take into account the organization's appetite for risk and the fact that it would not be practical to eliminate all risk.
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Consensus on risks and controls
Monitoring processes
38. Only valid if assets have first been identified and appropriately valued.
Encryption
Security awareness training for all employees
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
Regular review of access control lists
39. Occurs when the electrical supply drops
Cross-site scripting attacks
Undervoltage (brownout)
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Developing an information security baseline
40. Provide metrics to which outsourcing firms can be held accountable.
All personnel
Skills inventory
Methodology used in the assessment
Service level agreements (SLAs)
41. Most effective for evaluating the degree to which information security objectives are being met.
The balanced scorecard
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Cost of control
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
42. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.
Examples of containment defenses
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Comparison of cost of achievement
Acceptable use policies
43. Would reduce the possibility of an individual accidentally pressing the power button on a device - thereby turning off the device.
Trojan horse
Access control matrix
Creation of a business continuity plan
Protective switch covers
44. The _____________________ should be the person with the decision-making power in the department deriving the most benefit from the asset.
Owner of the information asset
Identify the relevant systems and processes
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Tailgating
45. Attackers who exploit weak application authentication controls can ___________________ and this has little to do with cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
Creation of a business continuity plan
Equal error rate (EER)
Gain unauthorized access to applications
46. 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.
Decentralization
Regulatory compliance
Spoofing attacks
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
47. Legal document to be signed by all employees - suppliers etc before they 'touch' the organization - to protect the organization's intellectual property.
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Conduct a risk assessment
Protective switch covers
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
48. 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
Vulnerability assessment
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Biometric access control systems
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
49. 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.
Trojan horse
Skills inventory
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
SWOT analysis
50. A Successful risk management should lead to a ________________.
Tailgating
The information security officer
Encryption of the hard disks
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost