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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






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






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






4. Will prevent unauthorized access to the laptop even when the laptop is lost or stolen.






5. The job of the information security officer on a management team is to ___________________.






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






7. Responsible for securing the information.






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






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






10. provides the most effective protection of data on mobile devices.






11. 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 _____________.






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






13. In order to highlight to management the importance of network security - the security manager should FIRST _______________.






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






15. Lists only the vulnerabilities inherent in the information asset that can attract threats. It does not consider the value of the asset and the impact of perceived threats on the value.






16. Needs to define the access rules - which is troublesome and error prone in large organizations.






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






18. Accesses a computer or network illegally






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






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






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






22. _______________ of the organization have the responsibility of ensuring information systems security this can include indirect personnel such as physical security personnel.






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






24. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






25. Are not infallible. When tuning the solution - one has to adjust the sensitivity level to give preference either to false reject rate (type I error rate) where the system will be more prone to err denying access to a valid user or erring and allowing






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. The risk that has been assumed by a third party and may not necessarily be equal to the minimal form of residual risk.






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






30. 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.






31. Whenever personal data are transferred across national boundaries; ________________________ are required.






32. Provides strong online authentication.






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






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






35. Provides process needs but not impact.






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






37. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






38. The first step in a risk analysis process to determine the impact to the organization - which is the ultimate goal.






39. It is important to achieve ____________________ - and obtain inputs from various organizational entities since security needs to be aligned to the needs of the organization.






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






45. 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 -






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






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






48. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






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






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