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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.
Do with the information it collects
Developing an information security baseline
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Monitoring processes
2. Responsible for assigning user entitlements and approving access to the systems for which they are responsible.
Detection defenses
Data owners
Waterfall chart
Security risk
3. 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.
Confidentiality
Get senior management onboard
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
Transferred risk
4. An information security manager has to impress upon the human resources department the need for _____________________.
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
Security awareness training for all employees
OBusiness case development
Undervoltage (brownout)
5. To identify known vulnerabilities based on common misconfigurations and missing updates.
A network vulnerability assessment
Regulatory compliance
Detection defenses
Calculating the value of the information or asset
6. provides the most effective protection of data on mobile devices.
Regular review of access control lists
Control risk
Encryption
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
7. Uses security metrics to measure the performance of the information security program.
Cross-site scripting attacks
Regular review of access control lists
OBusiness case development
Information security manager
8. The PRIMARY goal in developing an information security strategy is to: _________________________.
Support the business objectives of the organization
Confidentiality
Gap analysis
Security awareness training for all employees
9. Most effective for evaluating the degree to which information security objectives are being met.
Regular review of access control lists
The balanced scorecard
Resource dependency assessment
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
10. Ultimately responsible for all that happens in the organization. The others are not individually liable for failures of security in the organization.
The data owner
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
A network vulnerability assessment
The board of directors and senior management
11. btaining senior management support for establishing a warm site can BEST be accomplished by ____________________ - including a cost-benefit analysis - will be most persuasive to management. A risk assessment may be included in the business case - but
Multinational organization
Role-based policy
OBusiness case development
Data owners
12. An organization without any formal information security program should start with _______________________ because the implementation should be based on those security requirements.
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Comparison of cost of achievement
Defining high-level business security requirements
The balanced scorecard
13. Most effective in providing reasonable assurance of physical access compliance to an unmanned server room controlled with biometric devices.
Detection defenses
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Knowledge management
Regular review of access control lists
14. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
Personal firewall
Data isolation
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
15. Adherence to local regulations must always be the priority. _______________________ is the most effective compromise in this situation.
Penetration testing
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
Script kiddie
Conduct a risk assessment
16. When defining the information classification policy - the ___________________ need to be identified.
Requirements of the data owners
Control risk
Encryption of the hard disks
The data custodian
17. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.
Overall organizational structure
Classification of assets needs
Data warehouse
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
18. Can be used to detect an external attack but would not help in authenticating a user attempting to connect.
Classification of assets needs
Conduct a risk assessment
Penetration testing
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
19. Whenever personal data are transferred across national boundaries; ________________________ are required.
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
Examples of containment defenses
Certificate authority (CA)
Identify the relevant systems and processes
20. Addresses strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats. Although useful - a SWOT analysis is not as effective a tool.
Is willing to accept
SWOT analysis
Requirements of the data owners
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
21. In order to highlight to management the importance of network security - the security manager should FIRST _______________.
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
include security responsibilities in a job description
Conduct a risk assessment
The database administrator
22. 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
Get senior management onboard
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Worm
Security risk
23. The security manager would be most concerned with whether _____________________ than the cost of adding additional controls.
Transmit e-mail messages
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Undervoltage (brownout)
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
24. In assessing the degree to which an organization may be affected by new privacy legislation - information security management should first _____________________.
Identify the relevant systems and processes
Conduct a risk assessment
Creation of a business continuity plan
Logon banners
25. 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 _____________.
Information contained on the equipment
Trusted source
Proficiency testing
The authentication process is broken
26. Same intent as a cracker but does not have the technical skills and knowledge
The authentication process is broken
Access control matrix
Script kiddie
Background check
27. Occurs when the electrical supply drops
Defined objectives
The database administrator
Undervoltage (brownout)
Digital signatures
28. The risk that controls may not prevent/detect an incident with a measure of control effectiveness.
Stress testing
Total cost of ownership (TCO)
Applying the proper classification to the data
Control risk
29. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.
Examples of containment defenses
Performing a risk assessment
Use of security metrics
Creation of a business continuity plan
30. Should be a standard requirement for the service provider.
Background check
Role-based access control
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
31. Program that hides within or looks like a legit program
Trojan horse
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Cross-site scripting attacks
Cyber terrorist
32. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.
Malicious software and spyware
Protective switch covers
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Comparison of cost of achievement
33. Should PRIMARILY be based on regulatory and legal requirements.
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
Retention of business records
Assess the risks to the business operation
Methodology used in the assessment
34. 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
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Resource dependency assessment
Undervoltage (brownout)
Logon banners
35. 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.
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Equal error rate (EER)
Exceptions to policy
Retention of business records
36. Warranted in circumstances where compliance may be difficult or impossible and the risk of noncompliance is outweighed by the benefits.
Exceptions to policy
Data warehouse
A network vulnerability assessment
Examples of containment defenses
37. A repository of historical data organized by subject to support decision makers in the org
Data warehouse
OBusiness case development
Data mart
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
38. The primary role of the information security manager in the process of information classification within the organization.
Comparison of cost of achievement
Multinational organization
Properly aligned with business goals and objectives
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
39. A notice that guarantees a user or a web site is legitimate
Digital certificate
Trojan horse
The balanced scorecard
Knowledge management
40. 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.
Encryption key management
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
The information security officer
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
41. 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.
Malicious software and spyware
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
Owner of the information asset
Phishing
42. Culture has a significant impact on how information security will be implemented in a ______________________.
Certificate authority (CA)
Multinational organization
Encryption of the hard disks
Encryption
43. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
IP address packet filtering
Deeper level of analysis
Patch management process
44. Are not infallible. When tuning the solution - one has to adjust the sensitivity level to give preference either to false reject rate (type I error rate) where the system will be more prone to err denying access to a valid user or erring and allowing
Requirements of the data owners
Owner of the information asset
Biometric access control systems
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
45. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.
Proficiency testing
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
The data owner
46. Has to be integrated into the requirements of every software application's design.
IP address packet filtering
Encryption key management
Gap analysis
Deeper level of analysis
47. The job of the information security officer on a management team is to ___________________.
Support the business objectives of the organization
Assess the risks to the business operation
Hacker
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
48. 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.
Single sign-on (SSO) product
Risk appetite
Tailgating
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
49. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.
Information security manager
Creation of a business continuity plan
Threat assessment
Stress testing
50. Lists only the vulnerabilities inherent in the information asset that can attract threats. It does not consider the value of the asset and the impact of perceived threats on the value.
Vulnerability assessment
Properly aligned with business goals and objectives
Centralization of information security management
Multinational organization