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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 _______________.
Cracker
Get senior management onboard
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Conduct a risk assessment
2. Legal document to be signed by all employees - suppliers etc before they 'touch' the organization - to protect the organization's intellectual property.
Stress testing
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
Nondisclosure agreement (NDA)
The board of directors and senior management
3. Would reduce the possibility of an individual accidentally pressing the power button on a device - thereby turning off the device.
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
Detection defenses
Protective switch covers
Personal firewall
4. 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.
Exceptions to policy
Data isolation
Creation of a business continuity plan
Regular review of access control lists
5. The first step in a risk analysis process to determine the impact to the organization - which is the ultimate goal.
Encryption of the hard disks
The balanced scorecard
The data custodian
Calculating the value of the information or asset
6. Scam in which a perpetrator sends an official looking email message that attempts to obtain your personal and financial information
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
Phishing
Penetration testing
Support the business objectives of the organization
7. Whenever personal data are transferred across national boundaries; ________________________ are required.
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
Identify the vulnerable systems and apply compensating controls
Alignment with business strategy
Fault-tolerant computer
8. Awareness training would most likely result in any attempted ____________ being challenged by the authorized employee
Background checks of prospective employees
Tailgating
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
9. A Successful risk management should lead to a ________________.
Breakeven point of risk reduction and cost
Detection defenses
Knowledge management
Access control matrix
10. The risk that remains after putting into place an effective risk management program; therefore - acceptable risk is achieved when this amount is minimized.
A network vulnerability assessment
Alignment with business strategy
Cracker
Residual risk
11. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory
Knowledge management
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
Properly aligned with business goals and objectives
Script kiddie
12. The MAIN reason why _______________ is important to a successful information security program is because classification determines the appropriate level of protection to the asset.
Asset classification
Continuous analysis - monitoring and feedback
Virus
Centralization of information security management
13. Responsible for assigning user entitlements and approving access to the systems for which they are responsible.
Performing a risk assessment
Data owners
Internal risk assessment
Single sign-on (SSO) product
14. Provide minimum recommended settings and do not prevent introduction of control weaknesses.'
A network vulnerability assessment
Methodology used in the assessment
Security baselines
Security code reviews for the entire software application
15. The best indicator of the level of compliance with the service level agreement ( SLA ) data confidentiality clauses.
Lack of change management
Malicious software and spyware
Process of introducing changes to systems
Access control matrix
16. 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
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Rule-based access control
Notifications and opt-out provisions
Gap analysis
17. Uses security metrics to measure the performance of the information security program.
Use of security metrics
Deeper level of analysis
Hacker
Information security manager
18. In assessing the degree to which an organization may be affected by new privacy legislation - information security management should first _____________________.
Identify the relevant systems and processes
Two-factor authentication
Creation of a business continuity plan
Data mart
19. 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.
0-day vulnerabilities
Decentralization
Role-based policy
Gap analysis
20. Most effective for evaluating the degree to which information security objectives are being met.
The data custodian
Protective switch covers
The balanced scorecard
Data classification
21. The _____________________ should be the person with the decision-making power in the department deriving the most benefit from the asset.
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Owner of the information asset
Lack of change management
Virus detection
22. A risk assessment should be conducted _________________.
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
Data warehouse
Increase business value and confidence
Annually or whenever there is a significant change
23. Used to understand the flow of one process into another.
Digital signatures
What happened and how the breach was resolved
Waterfall chart
Monitoring processes
24. Provides strong online authentication.
Conduct a risk assessment
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
Use of security metrics
Public key infrastructure (PKI)
25. 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
Audit objectives
Logon banners
Conduct a risk assessment
Prioritization
26. To determine sensitivity of assets in terms of risk to the business operation so that proportional countermeasures can be effectively implemented.
Identify the relevant systems and processes
Classification of assets needs
Data owners
Spoofing attacks
27. 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.
Two-factor authentication
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
Centralization of information security management
Methodology used in the assessment
28. Useful but only with regard to specific technical skills.
Get senior management onboard
Risk appetite
Proficiency testing
Defined objectives
29. 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
include security responsibilities in a job description
People
Vulnerability assessment
BIA (Business Impact Assessment
30. Effective and efficient in large user communities because it controls system access by the roles defined for groups of users. Users are assigned to the various roles and the system controls the access based on those roles.
Role-based access control
Protective switch covers
Gain unauthorized access to applications
Security awareness training for all employees
31. The most important characteristic of good security policies is that they be ____________________.
Aligned with organizational goals
Security risk
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Is willing to accept
32. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.
Equal error rate (EER)
Examples of containment defenses
Well-defined roles and responsibilities
Undervoltage (brownout)
33. May show the performance result of the security related activities; however - the result is interpreted in terms of money and extends to multiple facets of security initiatives.
Security code reviews for the entire software application
Multinational organization
Return on security investment (ROSI)
Resource dependency assessment
34. Cannot be minimized
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Inherent risk
Security code reviews for the entire software application
Encryption of the hard disks
35. Should PRIMARILY be based on regulatory and legal requirements.
Fault-tolerant computer
Retention of business records
Security awareness training for all employees
SWOT analysis
36. 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.
Examples of containment defenses
Regulatory compliance
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
Centralization of information security management
37. 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 -
Calculating the value of the information or asset
Data mart
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
Gap analysis
38. New security ulnerabilities should be managed through a ________________.
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
The awareness and agreement of the data subjects
Patch management process
Virus detection
39. A method for analyzing and reducing a relational database to its most streamlined form
Encryption
Regular review of access control lists
IP address packet filtering
Normalization
40. Warranted in circumstances where compliance may be difficult or impossible and the risk of noncompliance is outweighed by the benefits.
Exceptions to policy
Data mart
Service level agreements (SLAs)
Residual risk would be reduced by a greater amount
41. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps
Support the business objectives of the organization
Data isolation
Two-factor authentication
Acceptable use policies
42. The risk that controls may not prevent/detect an incident with a measure of control effectiveness.
Creation of a business continuity plan
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
SWOT analysis
Control risk
43. The best measure for preventing the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.
Safeguards over keys
Background checks of prospective employees
Acceptable use policies
Resource dependency assessment
44. When the ________________ is more than the cost of the risk - the risk should be accepted.
Assess the risks to the business operation
Risk management and the requirements of the organization
Cost of control
Increase business value and confidence
45. 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.
The database administrator
Safeguards over keys
Equal error rate (EER)
Vulnerability assessment
46. It is more efficient to establish a ___________________for locations that must meet specific requirements.
Knowledge management
Baseline standard and then develop additional standards
Asset classification
Inherent risk
47. Risk should be reduced to a level that an organization _____________.
Defining high-level business security requirements
Asset classification
Is willing to accept
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
48. The primary role of the information security manager in the process of information classification within the organization.
IP address packet filtering
Gap analysis
Countermeasure cost-benefit analysis
Defining and ratifying the classification structure of information assets
49. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.
Platform security - intrusion detection and antivirus controls
Impractical and is often cost-prohibitive
Encryption of the hard disks
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
50. Most effective in protecting classified data that have been encrypted to prevent disclosure and transmission outside the organization's network.
Safeguards over keys
Negotiating a local version of the organization standards
Compliance with the organization's information security requirements
Control effectiveness