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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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






2. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






3. 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






4. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






5. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






6. Carries out the technical administration.






7. Provide metrics to which outsourcing firms can be held accountable.






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






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






10. 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.






11. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.






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






13. 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.






14. 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.






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






16. Occurs when the incoming level






17. 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.






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






19. Primarily reduce risk and are most effective for the protection of information assets.






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






21. Provides process needs but not impact.






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






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






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






25. When considering the value of assets ______________________ would give the information security manager the MOST objective basis for measurement of value delivery in information security governance






26. 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






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






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






29. 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.






30. 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






31. 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.






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






33. Because past performance is a strong predictor of future performance - _______________________ best prevents attacks from originating within an organization.






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






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






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






37. A key indicator of performance measurement.






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






45. Provides strong online authentication.






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






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






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






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

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50. 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