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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






4. Provides process needs but not impact.






5. When mobile equipment is lost or stolen - the ______________________ matters most in determining the impact of the loss.






6. The most important characteristic of good security policies is that they be ____________________.






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






8. Using public key infrastructure (PKI) is currently accepted as the most secure method to _____________.






9. Provides strong online authentication.






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






11. Computer that has duplicate components so it can continue to operate when one of its main components fail






12. Company or person you believe will not send a virus-infect file knowingly






13. 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






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






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






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






19. Also required to guarantee fulfillment of laws and regulations of the organization and - therefore - the information security manager will be obligated to comply with the law.






20. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






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






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






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






24. Identification and _______________ of business risk enables project managers to address areas with most significance.






25. 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 -






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






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






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






29. The PRIMARY goal in developing an information security strategy is to: _________________________.






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






36. In biometric systems where the possibility of false rejects is a problem - it may be necessary to reduce sensitivity and thereby increase the number of false accepts.






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






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






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






40. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






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






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






43. Inject malformed input.






44. Attackers who exploit flawed ___________________________________ can sniff network traffic and crack keys to gain unauthorized access to information.






45. 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.






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






47. 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.






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






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






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