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






2. Responsible for securing the information.






3. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






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






5. 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.






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






10. Can be used to detect an external attack but would not help in authenticating a user attempting to connect.






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






12. Provides strong online authentication.






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






14. The best measure for preventing the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.






15. 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






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






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






18. 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.






19. Senior management commitment and support for information security can BEST be obtained through presentations that ____________________.






20. 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. .






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






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






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






26. Occurs when the incoming level






27. 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 -






28. Uses security metrics to measure the performance of the information security program.






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






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






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






32. 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






33. Someone who uses email as a vehicle for extortion; send company threatening emails indicating they will expose confidential information - exploit security launch - etc.






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






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






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






37. Provides an additional security mechanism over and above that provided by passwords alone. This is frequently used by mobile users needing to establish connectivity to a corporate network.






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






39. 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.






40. Carries out the technical administration.






41. 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.






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






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






44. Program that copies itself repeatedly - using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer or network






45. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






46. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






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






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






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






50. Ensure that transmitted information can be attributed to the named sender.