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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. _________________________ will allow the information security manager to prioritize the remedial measures and provide a means to convey a sense of urgency to management.
Regulatory compliance
Digital certificate
Performing a risk assessment
Is willing to accept
2. 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
Data classification
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Waterfall chart
Security baselines
3. Should be performed to identify the risk and determine needed controls.
Transferred risk
Internal risk assessment
Retention of business records
Equal error rate (EER)
4. A Successful risk management should lead to a ________________.
Risk appetite
Centralization of information security management
Performing a risk assessment
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
5. The risk that remains after putting into place an effective risk management program; therefore - acceptable risk is achieved when this amount is minimized.
Background check
Residual risk
Process of introducing changes to systems
Monitoring processes
6. Would reduce the possibility of an individual accidentally pressing the power button on a device - thereby turning off the device.
Patch management
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
Comparison of cost of achievement
Protective switch covers
7. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.
Trojan horse
IP address packet filtering
Return on security investment (ROSI)
The data owner
8. Lists only the threats that the information asset is exposed to. It does not consider the value of the asset and impact of the threat on the value.
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Threat assessment
Overall organizational structure
Rule-based access control
9. The information security manager needs to prioritize the controls based on ________________________.
Gap analysis
Access control matrix
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
Requirements of the data owners
10. When the ________________ is more than the cost of the risk - the risk should be accepted.
Conduct a risk assessment
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Cost of control
Retention of business records
11. The first step in a risk analysis process to determine the impact to the organization - which is the ultimate goal.
Monitoring processes
Transmit e-mail messages
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Notifications and opt-out provisions
12. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.
Role-based policy
Key risk indicator (KRI) setup
Audit objectives
Asset classification
13. 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.
Risk appetite
Reduce risk to an acceptable level
Encryption key management
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
14. Involves the correction of software weaknesses and would necessarily follow change management procedures.
Conduct a risk assessment
Acceptable use policies
Patch management
Process of introducing changes to systems
15. Senior management commitment and support for information security can BEST be obtained through presentations that ____________________.
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
Asset classification
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Tie security risks to key business objectives
16. 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
Defining high-level business security requirements
Worm
Rule-based access control
17. __________________________ is of utmost importance. Understanding business objectives is critical in determining the security needs of the organization.
Centralized structure
Assess the risks to the business operation
Alignment with business strategy
Stress testing
18. n a _________________________ - the annual cost of safeguards is compared with the expected cost of loss. This can then be used to justify a specific control measure.
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Transmit e-mail messages
Centralization of information security management
Alignment with business strategy
19. The job of the information security officer on a management team is to ___________________.
Continuous monitoring control initiatives
Transmit e-mail messages
Cost of control
Assess the risks to the business operation
20. Attackers who exploit flawed ___________________________________ can sniff network traffic and crack keys to gain unauthorized access to information.
The information security officer
OBusiness case development
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Strategic alignment of security with business objectives
21. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.
Role-based access control
Encryption of the hard disks
Spoofing attacks
Threat assessment
22. Someone who uses the internet or network to destroy or damage computers for political reasons
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
The database administrator
Certificate authority (CA)
Cyber terrorist
23. Risk should be reduced to a level that an organization _____________.
Requirements of the data owners
Is willing to accept
Proficiency testing
Attributes and characteristics of the 'desired state'
24. The security manager would be most concerned with whether _____________________ than the cost of adding additional controls.
Virus detection
Risk assessment - evaluation and impact analysis
Annual loss expectancy (ALE)calculations
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
25. The best indicator of the level of compliance with the service level agreement ( SLA ) data confidentiality clauses.
Access control matrix
Use of security metrics
include security responsibilities in a job description
Data warehouse
26. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.
Service level agreements (SLAs)
Digital certificate
Malicious software and spyware
Regulatory compliance
27. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.
Background checks of prospective employees
Cyber extortionist
Virus
Applying the proper classification to the data
28. 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.
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
Control effectiveness
Cyber extortionist
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
29. Occurs when the incoming level
Return on security investment (ROSI)
Two-factor authentication
The balanced scorecard
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
30. The MOST useful way to describe the objectives in the information security strategy is through ______________________.
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31. Scam in which a perpetrator sends an official looking email message that attempts to obtain your personal and financial information
Phishing
Tie security risks to key business objectives
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
Data owners
32. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.
Residual risk
Patch management process
Methodology used in the assessment
Asset classification
33. A repository of historical data organized by subject to support decision makers in the org
Data warehouse
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Creation of a business continuity plan
Acceptable use policies
34. Same intent as a cracker but does not have the technical skills and knowledge
Certificate authority (CA)
Script kiddie
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
Stress testing
35. A method for analyzing and reducing a relational database to its most streamlined form
Access control matrix
Comparison of cost of achievement
MAL wear
Normalization
36. Has full responsibility over data.
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
The data owner
Security baselines
Notifications and opt-out provisions
37. Company or person you believe will not send a virus-infect file knowingly
Cryptographic secure sockets layer (SSL) implementations and short key lengths
Service level agreements (SLAs)
Access control matrix
Trusted source
38. Someone who uses email as a vehicle for extortion; send company threatening emails indicating they will expose confidential information - exploit security launch - etc.
Cyber extortionist
Skills inventory
Assess the risks to the business operation
Information contained on the equipment
39. An organization without any formal information security program should start with _______________________ because the implementation should be based on those security requirements.
Defining high-level business security requirements
Security awareness training for all employees
Lack of change management
Conduct a risk assessment
40. Responsible for securing the information.
Conduct a risk assessment
The data custodian
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
Skills inventory
41. The risk that controls may not prevent/detect an incident with a measure of control effectiveness.
Control risk
OBusiness case development
Process of introducing changes to systems
Use of security metrics
42. The _____________________ should be the person with the decision-making power in the department deriving the most benefit from the asset.
Cyber terrorist
A network vulnerability assessment
Owner of the information asset
Security risk
43. 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
MAL wear
OBusiness case development
Biometric access control systems
People
44. 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
Trusted source
Equal error rate (EER)
OBusiness case development
Creation of a business continuity plan
45. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps
Monitoring processes
Data isolation
Power surge/over voltage (spike)
Threat assessment
46. BEST option to improve accountability for a system administrator is to _____________________.
include security responsibilities in a job description
Cyber terrorist
The data custodian
Monitoring processes
47. The PRIMARY goal in developing an information security strategy is to: _________________________.
Defining high-level business security requirements
Support the business objectives of the organization
Transmit e-mail messages
Security code reviews for the entire software application
48. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.
Monitoring processes
The information security officer
Data owners
Background check
49. It is more efficient to establish a ___________________for locations that must meet specific requirements.
Access control matrix
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Do with the information it collects
Penetration testing
50. 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
Single sign-on (SSO) product
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
Deeper level of analysis
Centralization of information security management