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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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






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






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






4. 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.






5. 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






6. The best indicator of the level of compliance with the service level agreement ( SLA ) data confidentiality clauses.






7. Would reduce the possibility of an individual accidentally pressing the power button on a device - thereby turning off the device.






8. 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






9. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






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






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






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






13. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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






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






19. An organization without any formal information security program should start with _______________________ because the implementation should be based on those security requirements.






20. Responsible for assigning user entitlements and approving access to the systems for which they are responsible.






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory






30. Provides process needs but not impact.






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






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






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






34. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






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






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






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






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






39. Warranted in circumstances where compliance may be difficult or impossible and the risk of noncompliance is outweighed by the benefits.






40. 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.






41. It is more efficient to establish a ___________________for locations that must meet specific requirements.






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






43. The MOST effective approach to address issues that arise between IT management - business units and security management when implementing a new security strategy is for the information security manager to ____________________ with any security recomm






44. 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






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. Provides strong online authentication.






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







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