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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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






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






3. Cannot be minimized






4. Accesses a computer or network illegally






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






6. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






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






8. Programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter a computer's operations






9. 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.






10. Effective and efficient in large user communities because it controls system access by the roles defined for groups of users. Users are assigned to the various roles and the system controls the access based on those roles.






11. Company or person you believe will not send a virus-infect file knowingly






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






13. Most effective in protecting classified data that have been encrypted to prevent disclosure and transmission outside the organization's network.






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. Identification and _______________ of business risk enables project managers to address areas with most significance.






21. Most effective for evaluating the degree to which information security objectives are being met.






22. Same intent as a cracker but does not have the technical skills and knowledge






23. 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






24. Inject malformed input.






25. Information security architecture should always be _______________________. Alignment with IT plans or industry and security best practices is secondary by comparison.






26. A trusted third party that attests to the identity of the signatory - and reliance will be a function of the level of trust afforded the CA.






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






28. 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






29. btaining senior management support for establishing a warm site can BEST be accomplished by ____________________ - including a cost-benefit analysis - will be most persuasive to management. A risk assessment may be included in the business case - but






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






31. Ultimately responsible for all that happens in the organization. The others are not individually liable for failures of security in the organization.






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. Carries out the technical administration.






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






35. 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






36. The most critical process for deciding which part of the information system/business process should be given prioritization in case of a security incident.It provides results - such as impact from a security incident and required response times.






37. The MOST important element of the request for proposal (RFP) ro assess the maturity level of the organization's information security management is _______________________.






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






39. Attackers who exploit weak application authentication controls can ___________________ and this has little to do with cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.






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






41. 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.






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






43. In assessing the degree to which an organization may be affected by new privacy legislation - information security management should first _____________________.






44. By definition are not previously known and therefore are undetectable.






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






50. Will associate data access with the role performed by an individual - thus restricting access to data required to perform the individual's tasks.







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