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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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






2. Cannot be minimized






3. Inject malformed input.






4. 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.






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






6. An effective tool but primarily focuses on malicious code from external sources - and only for those applications that are online.






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






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. 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.






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






11. From a security standpoint - _______________________ is one of the most important topics that should be included in the contract with third-party service provider.

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






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. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






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






16. 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.






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






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






19. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






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






21. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






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






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






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






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






26. Accesses a computer or network illegally






27. To improve the security governance framework and achieve a higher level of maturity _____________________ is most important.






28. 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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






34. Most effective in protecting classified data that have been encrypted to prevent disclosure and transmission outside the organization's network.






35. Provides process needs but not impact.






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






37. There is a time lag between the time when a security vulnerability is first published - and the time when a patch is delivered. - The best protection is to _____________________ until a patch is installed.






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






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






40. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






41. Carries out the technical administration.






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






43. 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.






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






45. Occurs when the incoming level






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






47. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.






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






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






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







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