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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. New security ulnerabilities should be managed through a ________________.






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






3. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






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






6. Carries out the technical administration.






7. Inject malformed input.






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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






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






13. 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.






14. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






15. Accesses a computer or network illegally






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






17. 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






18. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.






19. provides the most effective protection of data on mobile devices.






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






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






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






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






24. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






25. Should be performed to identify the risk and determine needed controls.






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






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






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






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






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






31. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






32. Because past performance is a strong predictor of future performance - _______________________ best prevents attacks from originating within an organization.






33. The most fundamental evaluation criteria for the appropriate selection of any security technology is ________________________.






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






35. Addresses strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats. Although useful - a SWOT analysis is not as effective a tool.






36. When developing an information security program _________________ would help identify the available resources - any gaps and the training requirements for developing resources.






37. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






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






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






40. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






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






42. _______________ of the organization have the responsibility of ensuring information systems security this can include indirect personnel such as physical security personnel.






43. 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.






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






45. Potentially damaging computer program that affects - or infects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works






46. 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.






47. S small warehouse - designed for the end-user needs in a strategic business unit






48. __________________________ is of utmost importance. Understanding business objectives is critical in determining the security needs of the organization.






49. Needs to define the access rules - which is troublesome and error prone in large organizations.






50. An information security manager has to impress upon the human resources department the need for _____________________.