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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






2. Inject malformed input.






3. The risk that remains after putting into place an effective risk management program; therefore - acceptable risk is achieved when this amount is minimized.






4. The most important characteristic of good security policies is that they be ____________________.






5. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






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






7. Using public key infrastructure (PKI) is currently accepted as the most secure method to _____________.






8. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






9. Provide minimum recommended settings and do not prevent introduction of control weaknesses.'






10. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.






11. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.






18. Has full responsibility over data.






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






20. 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






21. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






29. Occurs when the incoming level






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






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






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. Occurs after the risk assessment process - it does not measure it.






34. provides the most effective protection of data on mobile devices.






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






36. 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 _____________.






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






38. New security ulnerabilities should be managed through a ________________.






39. To identify known vulnerabilities based on common misconfigurations and missing updates.






40. Provides strong online authentication.






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






42. May show the performance result of the security related activities; however - the result is interpreted in terms of money and extends to multiple facets of security initiatives.






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






44. In order to highlight to management the importance of network security - the security manager should FIRST _______________.






45. The best measure for preventing the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.






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






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






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






49. The MOST useful way to describe the objectives in the information security strategy is through ______________________.

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50. Provides an additional security mechanism over and above that provided by passwords alone. This is frequently used by mobile users needing to establish connectivity to a corporate network.