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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. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






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






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






4. 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






5. Awareness training would most likely result in any attempted ____________ being challenged by the authorized employee






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






7. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






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






9. 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






10. 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






11. Accesses a computer or network illegally






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

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






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






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






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






17. Should PRIMARILY be based on regulatory and legal requirements.






18. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






19. 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






20. 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.






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






22. 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 _____________.






23. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






30. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.






31. 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.






32. Legal document to be signed by all employees - suppliers etc before they 'touch' the organization - to protect the organization's intellectual property.






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






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






38. 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.






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






40. Effective and efficient in large user communities because it controls system access by the roles defined for groups of users. Users are assigned to the various roles and the system controls the access based on those roles.






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






47. 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






48. Any event or action that could cause a loss of or damage to computer hardware - software - data - information - or processing capability






49. A key indicator of performance measurement.






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