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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Responsible for securing the information.






2. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






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






4. 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






5. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






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






7. The BEST way to justify the implementation of a _____________________ is to use a business case. Return on investment (ROI) would only provide the costs needed to preclude specific risks - and would not provide other indirect benefits such as process






8. 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






9. Cannot be minimized






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






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






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






13. The security manager would be most concerned with whether _____________________ than the cost of adding additional controls.






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






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






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






17. The MOST important component of a privacy policy is: A Privacy policies must contain _______________; they are a high-level management statement of direction. They do not necessarily address warranties - liabilities or geographic coverage - which are






18. A method for analyzing and reducing a relational database to its most streamlined form






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






20. Needs to define the access rules - which is troublesome and error prone in large organizations.






21. 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.






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






23. Provides strong online authentication.






24. Legal document to be signed by all employees - suppliers etc before they 'touch' the organization - to protect the organization's intellectual property.






25. 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 _____________.






26. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






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






28. 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






29. Computer that has duplicate components so it can continue to operate when one of its main components fail






30. 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.






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






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






33. The risk that controls may not prevent/detect an incident with a measure of control effectiveness.






34. Has full responsibility over data.






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






36. Reducing risk to a level too small to measure is _______________.






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






38. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






39. Carries out the technical administration.






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






41. 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.






42. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






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






44. The most fundamental evaluation criteria for the appropriate selection of any security technology is ________________________.






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






46. 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.






47. Occurs when the incoming level






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






49. Someone who uses email as a vehicle for extortion; send company threatening emails indicating they will expose confidential information - exploit security launch - etc.






50. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally