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CISM: Certified Information Security Manager

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The information security manager needs to prioritize the controls based on ________________________.






2. Involves the correction of software weaknesses and would necessarily follow change management procedures.






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. 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






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






7. 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






8. 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 _____________.






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






10. ecurity design flaws require a ____________________.






11. Also required to guarantee fulfillment of laws and regulations of the organization and - therefore - the information security manager will be obligated to comply with the law.






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






13. Provides strong online authentication.






14. Determined by the business risk - i.e. - the potential impact on the business of the loss - corruption or disclosure of information. It must be applied to information in all forms - both electronic and physical (paper) - and should be applied by the






15. 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






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






17. 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






18. The BEST way to justify the implementation of a _____________________ is to use a business case. Return on investment (ROI) would only provide the costs needed to preclude specific risks - and would not provide other indirect benefits such as process






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






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






21. Occurs when the incoming level






22. 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.






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






24. Someone who accesses a computer or network illegally






25. The starting point for driving management's attention to information security. All other choices will follow the risk assessment.






26. A function of the session keys distributed by the PKI.






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






28. Someone who uses the internet or network to destroy or damage computers for political reasons






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






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






31. Most effective in providing reasonable assurance of physical access compliance to an unmanned server room controlled with biometric devices.






32. The best strategy for risk management is to ___________________- as this will take into account the organization's appetite for risk and the fact that it would not be practical to eliminate all risk.






33. In assessing the degree to which an organization may be affected by new privacy legislation - information security management should first _____________________.






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






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






36. When developing an information security program _________________ would help identify the available resources - any gaps and the training requirements for developing resources.






37. Needs to define the access rules - which is troublesome and error prone in large organizations.






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






45. Same intent as a cracker but does not have the technical skills and knowledge






46. Provide minimum recommended settings and do not prevent introduction of control weaknesses.'






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






48. Used to understand the flow of one process into another.






49. 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.






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