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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory






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






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






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






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






6. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






7. A key indicator of performance measurement.






8. Occurs when the incoming level






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Adherence to local regulations must always be the priority. _______________________ is the most effective compromise in this situation.






16. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






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






18. 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.






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






20. From a security standpoint - _______________________ is one of the most important topics that should be included in the contract with third-party service provider.

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21. Should be a standard requirement for the service provider.






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






23. Has full responsibility over data.






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. 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






36. To identify known vulnerabilities based on common misconfigurations and missing updates.






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






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






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






40. 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.






41. Using public key infrastructure (PKI) is currently accepted as the most secure method to _____________.






42. 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






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






44. 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.






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






46. Inject malformed input.






47. 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. .






48. Cannot be minimized






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






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