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






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






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






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






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






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






8. Scam in which a perpetrator sends an official looking email message that attempts to obtain your personal and financial information






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






10. 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






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






12. Information security architecture should always be _______________________. Alignment with IT plans or industry and security best practices is secondary by comparison.






13. Potentially damaging computer program that affects - or infects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works






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






15. 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






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






17. Provides process needs but not impact.






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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






23. 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.






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






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






26. 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.






27. Responsible for securing the information.






28. 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






29. 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






30. Culture has a significant impact on how information security will be implemented in a ______________________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. An information security manager has to impress upon the human resources department the need for _____________________.






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






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






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






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






42. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. The most relevant piece of information to include in a cost-benefit analysis of a two-factor authentication system - it would establish a cost baseline and it must be considered for the full life cycle of the control. .






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






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






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






49. BEST option to improve accountability for a system administrator is to _____________________.






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