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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Has full responsibility over data.






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






3. 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






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






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






6. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






7. Are expensive - so they have to be used in areas where the risk is at its greatest level. These areas are the ones with high impact and high frequency of occurrence.






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






9. Program that hides within or looks like a legit program






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. An information security manager has to impress upon the human resources department the need for _____________________.






15. 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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. Addresses strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats. Although useful - a SWOT analysis is not as effective a tool.






22. When developing an information security program _________________ would help identify the available resources - any gaps and the training requirements for developing resources.






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






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






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






26. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






27. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






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






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






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






31. The _____________________is a severe omission and will greatly increase information security risk. Presents the GREATEST information security risk for an organization with multiple - but small - domestic processing locations






32. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.






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






34. 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 _____________.






35. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






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






37. Accesses a computer or network illegally






38. 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.






39. Requires a process to verify that the control process worked as intended. Examples such as dual-control or dual-entry bookkeeping provide verification and assurance that the process operated as intended.






40. Adherence to local regulations must always be the priority. _______________________ is the most effective compromise in this situation.






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






42. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






43. Someone who uses the internet or network to destroy or damage computers for political reasons






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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