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CISM Certified Information Security Manager Acronyms

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Computer Incident Advisory Capability






2. Business-to-business






3. Proof of possession






4. Enterprise data flow architecture






5. Component Object Model/Distributed Component Object Model






6. Binary digit






7. Personal identification number






8. Wide area network






9. Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol/Oakley






10. Object Breakdown Structure






11. Remote access service






12. Digital Divide Network






13. Internet Control Message Protocol






14. Atomicity - consistency - isolation and durability






15. Service delivery objective






16. Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission






17. Key performance indicator






18. Fiber-Distributed Data Interface






19. National Fire Protection Agency (USA)






20. Failure-to-enroll rate






21. Biometric Information Management and Security






22. Common Object Request Broker Architecture






23. Direct inward dial






24. Unified Modeling Language






25. Bill of materials






26. Security Association






27. Bill of materials processor






28. Description - discovery and integration






29. Radio frequency






30. Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination






31. Embedded audit module






32. Online Certificate Status Protocol






33. Cellular Digital Packet Data






34. Virtual private network






35. Knowledge base






36. Identification






37. Small office-home office






38. Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol






39. Geographic information systems






40. Data dictionary/directory system






41. Arithmetic-logic unit






42. Chief security officer






43. Compact disk-recordable






44. Remote Access Dial-in User Service






45. Annual loss expectancy






46. Federal Reserve Board (USA)






47. Capability Maturity Model






48. Earned value analysis






49. Enterprise architecture






50. High availability