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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The MOST important element of the request for proposal (RFP) ro assess the maturity level of the organization's information security management is _______________________.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Are not infallible. When tuning the solution - one has to adjust the sensitivity level to give preference either to false reject rate (type I error rate) where the system will be more prone to err denying access to a valid user or erring and allowing






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






11. 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. .






12. The data owner is responsible for _______________________.






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






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






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






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






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






18. Provides strong online authentication.






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. 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 _____________.






30. Inject malformed input.






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






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






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






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






35. Accesses a computer or network illegally






36. Most effective in protecting classified data that have been encrypted to prevent disclosure and transmission outside the organization's network.






37. Can be a standalone driver for an information security governance measure. No further analysis nor justification is required since the entity has no choice in the regulatory requirements.






38. Primarily reduce risk and are most effective for the protection of information assets.






39. Carries out the technical administration.






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


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






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






43. 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.






44. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






45. 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






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






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






48. Programs that act without a user's knowledge and deliberately alter a computer's operations






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






50. A tool to be used in internal control assessment. KRI setup presents a threshold to alert management when controls are being compromised in business processes. This is a control tool rather than a maturity model support tool.