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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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






2. Will associate data access with the role performed by an individual - thus restricting access to data required to perform the individual's tasks.






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






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






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






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






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






8. A method for analyzing and reducing a relational database to its most streamlined form






9. 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.






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






11. 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.






12. On a company's e-commerce web site - a good legal statement regarding data privacy should include a statement regarding what the company will ___________________.






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






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






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






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






17. The risk that remains after putting into place an effective risk management program; therefore - acceptable risk is achieved when this amount is minimized.






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






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






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






21. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.






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






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






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






25. Provides process needs but not impact.






26. Used to understand the flow of one process into another.






27. 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






28. Provides strong online authentication.






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

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30. Information security governance models are highly dependent on the _____________________.






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






32. The risk that has been assumed by a third party and may not necessarily be equal to the minimal form of residual risk.






33. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






48. Will prevent unauthorized access to the laptop even when the laptop is lost or stolen.






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






50. 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.






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