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






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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

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






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






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






15. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.






16. 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






17. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






18. 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.






19. Allows you to use field security personnel as security missionaries or ambassadors to spread the security awareness message. It allows security administrators to be more responsive.






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






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






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






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






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






25. By definition are not previously known and therefore are undetectable.






26. Ensure that transmitted information can be attributed to the named sender.






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






33. The most critical process for deciding which part of the information system/business process should be given prioritization in case of a security incident.It provides results - such as impact from a security incident and required response times.






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






35. Risk should be reduced to a level that an organization _____________.






36. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






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






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






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






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






41. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






42. It is easier to manage and control a _________________.






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. Most effective for evaluating the degree to which information security objectives are being met.






45. 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






46. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






47. The _____________________ should be the person with the decision-making power in the department deriving the most benefit from the asset.






48. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






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






50. Cannot be minimized