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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. 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






2. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Involves the correction of software weaknesses and would necessarily follow change management procedures.






10. Computer that has duplicate components so it can continue to operate when one of its main components fail






11. The best measure and will involve reviewing the entire source code to detect all instances of back doors.






12. Provides an additional security mechanism over and above that provided by passwords alone. This is frequently used by mobile users needing to establish connectivity to a corporate network.






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






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






15. The information security manager needs to prioritize the controls based on ________________________.






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






17. A notice that guarantees a user or a web site is legitimate






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






19. 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.






20. The first step in a risk analysis process to determine the impact to the organization - which is the ultimate goal.






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






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






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






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






25. Senior management commitment and support for information security can BEST be obtained through presentations that ____________________.






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






27. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






28. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Responsible for securing the information.






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






38. The job of the information security officer on a management team is to ___________________.






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






40. A trusted third party that attests to the identity of the signatory - and reliance will be a function of the level of trust afforded the CA.






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






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






43. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






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






45. Ultimately responsible for all that happens in the organization. The others are not individually liable for failures of security in the organization.






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






47. Occurs when the incoming level






48. The MOST important element of an information security strategy.






49. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






50. Uses security metrics to measure the performance of the information security program.