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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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






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






3. 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.






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






5. Lists only the vulnerabilities inherent in the information asset that can attract threats. It does not consider the value of the asset and the impact of perceived threats on the value.






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






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






8. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






9. When considering the value of assets ______________________ would give the information security manager the MOST objective basis for measurement of value delivery in information security governance






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. Responsible for securing the information.






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






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






26. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






27. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






28. New security ulnerabilities should be managed through a ________________.






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






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






31. If the firewall allows source routing - any outsider can carry out _________________ by stealing the internal (private) IP addresses of the organization.






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






39. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. The MOST important element of the request for proposal (RFP) ro assess the maturity level of the organization's information security management is _______________________.






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






50. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.







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