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






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






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






4. Provides process needs but not impact.






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






6. A function of the session keys distributed by the PKI.






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






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






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






10. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






11. Whenever personal data are transferred across national boundaries; ________________________ are required.






12. 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






13. A repository of historical data organized by subject to support decision makers in the org






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






15. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






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






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






18. 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.






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






20. Program that copies itself repeatedly - using up resources and possibly shutting down the computer or network






21. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. Cannot be minimized






28. A key indicator of performance measurement.






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






36. 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






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






38. Occurs when the incoming level






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






40. Logging as well as monitoring - measuring - auditing - detecting viruses and intrusion.






41. 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






42. 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.






43. An internal review of a web-based application system finds the ability to gain access to all employees' accounts by changing the employee's ID on the URL used for accessing the account. It means _____________.






44. 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.






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






46. Are expensive - so they have to be used in areas where the risk is at its greatest level. These areas are the ones with high impact and high frequency of occurrence.






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






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






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






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.