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






2. 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






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






4. 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.






5. Would protect against spoofing an internal address but would not provide strong authentication.






6. It is important to achieve ____________________ - and obtain inputs from various organizational entities since security needs to be aligned to the needs of the organization.






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






8. Inject malformed input.






9. Has full responsibility over data.






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






11. Ensures that there are no scalability problems.






12. 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.






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






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






15. Can be used to detect an external attack but would not help in authenticating a user attempting to connect.






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






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






18. The MOST effective way to ensure network users are aware of their responsibilities to comply with an organization's security requirements is - ______________ would appear every time the user logs on - and the user would be required to read and agree






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






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






21. Accesses a computer or network illegally






22. 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






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






24. 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.






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






26. A trusted third party that attests to the identity of the signatory - and reliance will be a function of the level of trust afforded the CA.






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






28. Reducing risk to a level too small to measure is _______________.






29. Cannot be minimized






30. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.






31. 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






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






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






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






35. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






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






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


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






39. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






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






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






42. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






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






44. Ensure that transmitted information can be attributed to the named sender.






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






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






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






48. Provides process needs but not impact.






49. Identification and _______________ of business risk enables project managers to address areas with most significance.






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