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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The most important characteristic of good security policies is that they be ____________________.






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






8. 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.






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






10. When the ________________ is more than the cost of the risk - the risk should be accepted.






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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. .






17. Should be determined from the risk assessment results.






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






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






20. To identify known vulnerabilities based on common misconfigurations and missing updates.






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






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






23. Awareness - training and physical security defenses.






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






25. Occurs when the electrical supply drops






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






27. 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






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






29. From a security standpoint - _______________________ is one of the most important topics that should be included in the contract with third-party service provider.

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30. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






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






32. Focuses on identifying vulnerabilities.






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






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






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






36. 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 -






37. The BEST justification to convince management to invest in an information security program is that doing so would _________________.






38. Provides process needs but not impact.






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






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






41. Normally addressed through antivirus and antispyware policies.






42. 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.






43. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






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






45. Risk should be reduced to a level that an organization _____________.






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






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






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






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






50. Information security governance models are highly dependent on the _____________________.