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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Because past performance is a strong predictor of future performance - _______________________ best prevents attacks from originating within an organization.






2. 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 _____________.






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






4. __________________________ is of utmost importance. Understanding business objectives is critical in determining the security needs of the organization.






5. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






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






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






8. 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 -






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






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






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






12. The best strategy for risk management is to ___________________- as this will take into account the organization's appetite for risk and the fact that it would not be practical to eliminate all risk.






13. 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






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






15. 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.






16. Provides strong online authentication.






17. Information security governance models are highly dependent on the _____________________.






18. Accesses a computer or network illegally






19. Attackers who exploit flawed ___________________________________ can sniff network traffic and crack keys to gain unauthorized access to information.






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






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

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






23. 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.






24. Potentially damaging computer program that affects - or infects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works






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






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. The information security manager needs to prioritize the controls based on ________________________.






30. n a _________________________ - the annual cost of safeguards is compared with the expected cost of loss. This can then be used to justify a specific control measure.






31. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






32. The best indicator of the level of compliance with the service level agreement ( SLA ) data confidentiality clauses.






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






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






35. A Successful risk management should lead to a ________________.






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. 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.






38. Has full responsibility over data.






39. Warranted in circumstances where compliance may be difficult or impossible and the risk of noncompliance is outweighed by the benefits.






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






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






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






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






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






45. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.






46. 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.






47. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






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






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






50. 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