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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Will associate data access with the role performed by an individual - thus restricting access to data required to perform the individual's tasks.
Role-based policy
The board of directors and senior management
Transferred risk
Background check
2. Can be used to detect an external attack but would not help in authenticating a user attempting to connect.
Audit objectives
Virus detection
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Conduct a risk assessment
3. When defining the information classification policy - the ___________________ need to be identified.
Control risk
Vulnerability assessment
Requirements of the data owners
Its ability to reduce or eliminate business risks
4. Using public key infrastructure (PKI) is currently accepted as the most secure method to _____________.
Biometric access control systems
Is willing to accept
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Transmit e-mail messages
5. A method for analyzing and reducing a relational database to its most streamlined form
The balanced scorecard
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
Normalization
Cross-site scripting attacks
6. 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.
Two-factor authentication
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Virus
Threat assessment
7. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.
Skills inventory
The information security officer
Acceptable use policies
Notifications and opt-out provisions
8. The security manager would be most concerned with whether _____________________ than the cost of adding additional controls.
Detection defenses
Information security manager
Monitoring processes
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
9. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps
Threat assessment
Role-based policy
Data isolation
Personal firewall
10. Inject malformed input.
Cross-site scripting attacks
Digital signatures
Encryption of the hard disks
Deeper level of analysis
11. It is easier to manage and control a _________________.
Centralized structure
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
People
Biometric access control systems
12. Program that copies itself repeatedly - using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer or network
Worm
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Cross-site scripting attacks
Protective switch covers
13. In order to highlight to management the importance of network security - the security manager should FIRST _______________.
Conduct a risk assessment
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
Control risk
Cracker
14. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Detection defenses
Certificate authority (CA)
Audit objectives
15. 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.
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
Encryption
Risk appetite
Asset classification
16. Accesses a computer or network illegally
Cracker
All personnel
Return on security investment (ROSI)
The authentication process is broken
17. Addresses strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats. Although useful - a SWOT analysis is not as effective a tool.
Use of security metrics
Tie security risks to key business objectives
SWOT analysis
Virus detection
18. 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 _____________.
The authentication process is broken
Service level agreements (SLAs)
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
Data isolation
19. 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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20. The first step in a risk analysis process to determine the impact to the organization - which is the ultimate goal.
The authentication process is broken
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Logon banners
Personal firewall
21. Attackers who exploit weak application authentication controls can ___________________ and this has little to do with cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.
People
Phishing
Security awareness training for all employees
Gain unauthorized access to applications
22. An information security manager has to impress upon the human resources department the need for _____________________.
Security awareness training for all employees
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Confidentiality
Waterfall chart
23. Ensure that transmitted information can be attributed to the named sender.
Process of introducing changes to systems
IP address packet filtering
Stress testing
Digital signatures
24. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.
Trojan horse
Control effectiveness
Classification of assets needs
Creation of a business continuity plan
25. Provides strong online authentication.
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Support the business objectives of the organization
Safeguards over keys
Risk appetite
26. Computer that has duplicate components so it can continue to operate when one of its main components fail
Deeper level of analysis
Identify the relevant systems and processes
Is willing to accept
Fault-tolerant computer
27. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory
Knowledge management
Safeguards over keys
Worm
Protective switch covers
28. 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
Fault-tolerant computer
People
Process of introducing changes to systems
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
29. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.
Monitoring processes
Undervoltage (brownout)
Examples of containment defenses
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
30. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.
Penetration testing
Phishing
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
People
31. To improve the security governance framework and achieve a higher level of maturity _____________________ is most important.
Exceptions to policy
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
Waterfall chart
32. 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.
Resource dependency assessment
Patch management process
Vulnerability assessment
Acceptable use policies
33. The job of the information security officer on a management team is to ___________________.
Patch management
Assess the risks to the business operation
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
34. The risk that controls may not prevent/detect an incident with a measure of control effectiveness.
The data custodian
Waterfall chart
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Control risk
35. Risk should be reduced to a level that an organization _____________.
All personnel
Is willing to accept
Patch management process
People
36. Identification and _______________ of business risk enables project managers to address areas with most significance.
The database administrator
Prioritization
Support the business objectives of the organization
Alignment with business strategy
37. 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.
Role-based policy
Threat assessment
Security risk
Patch management process
38. Reducing risk to a level too small to measure is _______________.
Internal risk assessment
Lack of change management
Audit objectives
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
39. Provides process needs but not impact.
Vulnerability assessment
Data isolation
Resource dependency assessment
What happened and how the breach was resolved
40. Ultimately responsible for all that happens in the organization. The others are not individually liable for failures of security in the organization.
Script kiddie
The data custodian
Background check
The board of directors and senior management
41. Programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter a computer's operations
Aligned with organizational goals
MAL wear
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Security awareness training for all employees
42. 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
Comparison of cost of achievement
Exceptions to policy
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
Consensus on risks and controls
43. When the ________________ is more than the cost of the risk - the risk should be accepted.
Cyber terrorist
Cost of control
Hacker
Exceptions to policy
44. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.
Audit objectives
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Logon banners
IP address packet filtering
45. 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
Deeper level of analysis
Logon banners
Service level agreements (SLAs)
Spoofing attacks
46. 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.
Centralization of information security management
Role-based policy
Stress testing
Prioritization
47. Information security governance models are highly dependent on the _____________________.
Overall organizational structure
Retention of business records
Alignment with business strategy
Data classification
48. Same intent as a cracker but does not have the technical skills and knowledge
Script kiddie
Inherent risk
Role-based policy
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
49. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.
Cross-site scripting attacks
Spoofing attacks
Protective switch covers
Vulnerability assessment
50. Any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer hardware - software - data - information - or processing capability
Background checks of prospective employees
Control effectiveness
Security risk
People