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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Addresses strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats. Although useful - a SWOT analysis is not as effective a tool.






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






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






4. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Should be performed to identify the risk and determine needed controls.






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






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






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






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






14. From a security standpoint - _______________________ is one of the most important topics that should be included in the contract with third-party service provider.

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






16. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






17. The best measure and will involve reviewing the entire source code to detect all instances of back doors.






18. The starting point for driving management's attention to information security. All other choices will follow the risk assessment.






19. 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.






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






21. 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






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






23. Inject malformed input.






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. 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. .






29. Helps to define the minimum acceptable security that will be implemented to protect the information resources in accordance with the respective criticality levels.






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

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31. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






32. 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.






33. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






34. 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 -






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






36. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






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






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






39. 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






40. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






41. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.






42. Any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer hardware - software - data - information - or processing capability






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






44. Has full responsibility over data.






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






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






47. Accesses a computer or network illegally






48. Most effective in providing reasonable assurance of physical access compliance to an unmanned server room controlled with biometric devices.






49. The risk that controls may not prevent/detect an incident with a measure of control effectiveness.






50. 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.