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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 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.






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






3. Ultimately responsible for all that happens in the organization. The others are not individually liable for failures of security in the organization.






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






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






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






7. All within the responsibility of the information security manager.






8. Because past performance is a strong predictor of future performance - _______________________ best prevents attacks from originating within an organization.






9. Oversees the overall classification management of the information.






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. 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 -






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






13. Logging as well as monitoring - measuring - auditing - detecting viruses and intrusion.






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






15. 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






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






17. Provides process needs but not impact.






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






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






20. The risk that remains after putting into place an effective risk management program; therefore - acceptable risk is achieved when this amount is minimized.






21. A notice that guarantees a user or a web site is legitimate






22. Scam in which a perpetrator sends an official looking email message that attempts to obtain your personal and financial information






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






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






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






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






27. Will prevent unauthorized access to the laptop even when the laptop is lost or stolen.






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






29. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






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






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






33. Potentially damaging computer program that affects - or infects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works






34. 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






35. 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 _____________.






36. 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.






37. 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.






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






39. 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.






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






41. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






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






43. 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






44. Helps to define the minimum acceptable security that will be implemented to protect the information resources in accordance with the respective criticality levels.






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






49. A key indicator of performance measurement.






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