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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Adherence to local regulations must always be the priority. _______________________ is the most effective compromise in this situation.






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






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






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






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






6. Awareness training would most likely result in any attempted ____________ being challenged by the authorized employee






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






8. Applications cannot access data associated with other apps






9. The job of the information security officer on a management team is to ___________________.






10. Without _____________________ - there cannot be accountability.






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






12. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






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






14. Accesses a computer or network illegally






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






16. The most critical process for deciding which part of the information system/business process should be given prioritization in case of a security incident.It provides results - such as impact from a security incident and required response times.






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






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






19. A process that helps organizations manipulate important knowledge that is part of the orgs. memory






20. 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 -






21. Responsible for securing the information.






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






23. 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






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






25. 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






26. Are expensive - so they have to be used in areas where the risk is at its greatest level. These areas are the ones with high impact and high frequency of occurrence.






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






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






29. _________________________ will allow the information security manager to prioritize the remedial measures and provide a means to convey a sense of urgency to management.






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






31. 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






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






33. When defining the information classification policy - the ___________________ need to be identified.






34. Company or person you believe will not send a virus-infect file knowingly






35. A method for analyzing and reducing a relational database to its most streamlined form






36. The primary role of the information security manager in the process of information classification within the organization.






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






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






39. Cannot be minimized






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

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41. 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.






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. New security ulnerabilities should be managed through a ________________.






44. 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.






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






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






47. A tool to be used in internal control assessment. KRI setup presents a threshold to alert management when controls are being compromised in business processes. This is a control tool rather than a maturity model support tool.






48. Has full responsibility over data.






49. Addresses strengths - weaknesses - opportunities and threats. Although useful - a SWOT analysis is not as effective a tool.






50. 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.