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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The MOST important element of an information security strategy.






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






7. When mobile equipment is lost or stolen - the ______________________ matters most in determining the impact of the loss.






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






9. 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.






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






11. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






12. Program that hides within or looks like a legit program






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






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






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






16. Occurs after the risk assessment process - it does not measure it.






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






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






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






20. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






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






22. Responsible for securing the information.






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






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






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






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






27. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






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






29. 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.






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






31. 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.






32. The BEST way to justify the implementation of a _____________________ is to use a business case. Return on investment (ROI) would only provide the costs needed to preclude specific risks - and would not provide other indirect benefits such as process






33. When reporting an incident to senior management - the initial information to be communicated should include an explanation of _____________________ A summary of security logs would be too technical to report to senior management. An analysis of the i






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






35. 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.






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






41. Inject malformed input.






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






43. 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. .






44. 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.






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






46. Cannot be minimized






47. Results in greater uniformity and better adherence to security policies. It is generally less expensive to administer due to the economies of scale. However - turnaround can be slower due to the lack of alignment with business units.






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






49. 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






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