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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






2. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






3. It is more efficient to establish a ___________________for locations that must meet specific requirements.






4. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






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






6. Primarily reduce risk and are most effective for the protection of information assets.






7. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.






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






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






10. Should be a standard requirement for the service provider.






11. 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






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






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






14. 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.






15. An effective tool but primarily focuses on malicious code from external sources - and only for those applications that are online.






16. 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






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






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






19. The _____________________is a severe omission and will greatly increase information security risk. Presents the GREATEST information security risk for an organization with multiple - but small - domestic processing locations






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






21. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.






22. To improve the security governance framework and achieve a higher level of maturity _____________________ is most important.






23. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






25. Scam in which a perpetrator sends an official looking email message that attempts to obtain your personal and financial information






26. Provide metrics to which outsourcing firms can be held accountable.






27. The MOST important element of an information security strategy.






28. It is easier to manage and control a _________________.






29. Responsible for securing the information.






30. 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






31. When defining the information classification policy - the ___________________ need to be identified.






32. Risk assessment is a very important process for the ___________________. Risk assessment provides information on the likelihood of occurrence of security incidence and assists in the selection of countermeasures - but not in the prioritization.






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






34. 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.






35. 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.






36. _________________________ will allow the information security manager to prioritize the remedial measures and provide a means to convey a sense of urgency to management.






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






38. A notice that guarantees a user or a web site is legitimate






39. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






40. 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






41. Carries out the technical administration.






42. 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






43. A repository of historical data organized by subject to support decision makers in the org






44. A key indicator of performance measurement.






45. Program that hides within or looks like a legit program






46. Should PRIMARILY be based on regulatory and legal requirements.






47. 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






48. The PRIMARY goal in developing an information security strategy is to: _________________________.






49. 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.






50. When the ________________ is more than the cost of the risk - the risk should be accepted.