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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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1. The MOST important element of an information security strategy.
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
Defined objectives
Regulatory compliance
Spoofing attacks
2. Potentially damaging computer program that affects - or infects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works
Performing a risk assessment
Security code reviews for the entire software application
Virus
Conduct a risk assessment
3. The best measure and will involve reviewing the entire source code to detect all instances of back doors.
Data mart
Methodology used in the assessment
Security code reviews for the entire software application
Hacker
4. The security manager would be most concerned with whether _____________________ than the cost of adding additional controls.
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Internal risk assessment
Vulnerability assessment
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
5. An organization without any formal information security program should start with _______________________ because the implementation should be based on those security requirements.
Threat assessment
Defining high-level business security requirements
MAL wear
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
6. When mobile equipment is lost or stolen - the ______________________ matters most in determining the impact of the loss.
Information contained on the equipment
Developing an information security baseline
Personal firewall
The database administrator
7. provides the most effective protection of data on mobile devices.
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Transferred risk
Patch management
Encryption
8. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Defining high-level business security requirements
Tie security risks to key business objectives
9. When reporting an incident to senior management - the initial information to be communicated should include an explanation of _____________________ A summary of security logs would be too technical to report to senior management. An analysis of the i
Consensus on risks and controls
What happened and how the breach was resolved
People
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
10. An effective tool but primarily focuses on malicious code from external sources - and only for those applications that are online.
Developing an information security baseline
Information security manager
Background checks of prospective employees
Virus detection
11. When developing an information security program _________________ would help identify the available resources - any gaps and the training requirements for developing resources.
Data warehouse
Skills inventory
Do with the information it collects
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
12. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.
Cracker
Cost of control
Asset classification
Gain unauthorized access to applications
13. Responsible for assigning user entitlements and approving access to the systems for which they are responsible.
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Increase business value and confidence
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
Data owners
14. The risk that controls may not prevent/detect an incident with a measure of control effectiveness.
Control risk
Regulatory compliance
Patch management process
Information contained on the equipment
15. Carries out the technical administration.
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Conduct a risk assessment
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
The database administrator
16. Also required to guarantee fulfillment of laws and regulations of the organization and - therefore - the information security manager will be obligated to comply with the law.
Monitoring processes
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Cross-site scripting attacks
17. Most effective for evaluating the degree to which information security objectives are being met.
Performing a risk assessment
The balanced scorecard
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
Spoofing attacks
18. Responsible for securing the information.
The data custodian
Increase business value and confidence
Lack of change management
Safeguards over keys
19. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
Return on security investment (ROSI)
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Internal risk assessment
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.
Alignment with business strategy
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
Rule-based access control
Cyber extortionist
21. The BEST justification to convince management to invest in an information security program is that doing so would _________________.
Examples of containment defenses
Increase business value and confidence
SWOT analysis
Security code reviews for the entire software application
22. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.
Personal firewall
IP address packet filtering
Data mart
Normalization
23. Has to be integrated into the requirements of every software application's design.
Encryption key management
Knowledge management
Phishing
Penetration testing
24. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.
Alignment with business strategy
The information security officer
Transmit e-mail messages
The balanced scorecard
25. Occurs when the incoming level
Protective switch covers
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
Vulnerability assessment
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
26. Occurs when the electrical supply drops
Regulatory compliance
Undervoltage (brownout)
Return on security investment (ROSI)
Performing a risk assessment
27. Provides process needs but not impact.
Resource dependency assessment
Cracker
Conduct a risk assessment
Monitoring processes
28. Same intent as a cracker but does not have the technical skills and knowledge
Residual risk
Is willing to accept
Script kiddie
The balanced scorecard
29. To identify known vulnerabilities based on common misconfigurations and missing updates.
Consensus on risks and controls
Role-based access control
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
A network vulnerability assessment
30. Because past performance is a strong predictor of future performance - _______________________ best prevents attacks from originating within an organization.
Background checks of prospective employees
Control risk
Data isolation
Stress testing
31. Used to understand the flow of one process into another.
Trojan horse
Waterfall chart
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Patch management
32. 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 -
Exceptions to policy
Gap analysis
Data isolation
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
33. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.
Role-based policy
The board of directors and senior management
Residual risk
Audit objectives
34. Any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer hardware - software - data - information - or processing capability
Safeguards over keys
Confidentiality
Internal risk assessment
Security risk
35. By definition are not previously known and therefore are undetectable.
The data owner
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
Conduct a risk assessment
0-day vulnerabilities
36. Culture has a significant impact on how information security will be implemented in a ______________________.
Applying the proper classification to the data
Vulnerability assessment
Multinational organization
Classification of assets needs
37. Most effective in providing reasonable assurance of physical access compliance to an unmanned server room controlled with biometric devices.
Regular review of access control lists
Inherent risk
Prioritization
Phishing
38. 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
Process of introducing changes to systems
Centralized structure
Data classification
Monitoring processes
39. Program that hides within or looks like a legit program
Data warehouse
Security baselines
Trojan horse
Information security manager
40. 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.
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Control effectiveness
Cost of control
41. Risk should be reduced to a level that an organization _____________.
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Is willing to accept
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
The data custodian
42. In biometric systems where the possibility of false rejects is a problem - it may be necessary to reduce sensitivity and thereby increase the number of false accepts.
Digital signatures
Information contained on the equipment
Equal error rate (EER)
Detection defenses
43. 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.
Properly aligned with business goals and objectives
Worm
Phishing
Risk appetite
44. In order to highlight to management the importance of network security - the security manager should FIRST _______________.
Conduct a risk assessment
Virus detection
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
Cyber extortionist
45. Would reduce the possibility of an individual accidentally pressing the power button on a device - thereby turning off the device.
Role-based policy
Virus
Protective switch covers
Digital signatures
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.
Personal firewall
Residual risk
Regulatory compliance
Hacker
47. A key indicator of performance measurement.
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
Notifications and opt-out provisions
Developing an information security baseline
48. Will associate data access with the role performed by an individual - thus restricting access to data required to perform the individual's tasks.
Internal risk assessment
Role-based policy
Virus detection
Defined objectives
49. Using public key infrastructure (PKI) is currently accepted as the most secure method to _____________.
Virus detection
Knowledge management
Transmit e-mail messages
Cyber terrorist
50. Attackers who exploit flawed ___________________________________ can sniff network traffic and crack keys to gain unauthorized access to information.
0-day vulnerabilities
Encryption
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Identify the relevant systems and processes
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