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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In order to highlight to management the importance of network security - the security manager should FIRST _______________.






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






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






4. 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. .






5. 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






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






7. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. Accesses a computer or network illegally






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






15. Change management controls the _____________________. This is often the point at which a weakness will be introduced.






16. When the ________________ is more than the cost of the risk - the risk should be accepted.






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






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






19. Someone who uses email as a vehicle for extortion; send company threatening emails indicating they will expose confidential information - exploit security launch - etc.






20. Used to understand the flow of one process into another.






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






22. Cannot be minimized






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






24. When defining the information classification policy - the ___________________ need to be identified.






25. 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.






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






27. While useful for identifying the difference between the current state and the desired future state - e.g. organization has to comply with recently published industry regulatory requirements compliance that potentially has high implementation costs -






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






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






30. The best measure for preventing the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.






31. 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.






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






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






34. An organization without any formal information security program should start with _______________________ because the implementation should be based on those security requirements.






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






40. The risk that has been assumed by a third party and may not necessarily be equal to the minimal form of residual risk.






41. 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 _____________.






42. An effective tool but primarily focuses on malicious code from external sources - and only for those applications that are online.






43. Provide metrics to which outsourcing firms can be held accountable.






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






45. Information security governance models are highly dependent on the _____________________.






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






47. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






48. The MOST important component of a privacy policy is: A Privacy policies must contain _______________; they are a high-level management statement of direction. They do not necessarily address warranties - liabilities or geographic coverage - which are






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






50. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally