CISM 2014 Questions - 1

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In which of the following areas are data owners PRIMARILY responsible for establishing risk mitigation?

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Which of the following is the BEST justification to convince management to invest in an information security program?

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To improve the security of an organization's human resources (HR) system, an information security manager was presented with a choice to either implement an additional packet filtering firewall OR a heuristics-based intrusion detection system (IDS). How should the security manager with a limited budget choose between the two technologies?

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An organization's information security manager has been asked to hire a consultant to help assess the maturity level of the organization's information security management. What is the MOST important element of the request for proposal (RFP)?

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An organization is implementing intrusion protection in their demilitarized zone (DMZ). Which of the following steps is necessary to make sure that the intrusion prevention system (IPS) can view all traffic in the DMZ?

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Which of the following are likely to be updated MOST frequently?

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When performing a qualitative risk analysis, which of the following will BEST produce reliable results?

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Addressing production risks is PRIMARILY a function of:

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Which of the following requirements would have the lowest level of priority in information security?

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The MOST important component of a privacy policy is:

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Which of the following groups would be in the BEST position to perform a risk analysis for a business?

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Obtaining senior management support for an information security initiative can BEST be accomplished by:

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Which of the following training mechanisms is the MOST effective means of promoting an organizational security culture?

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Data owners are PRIMARILY responsible for:

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Which of the following are the MOST important individuals to include as members of an information security steering committee?

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Which one of the following measures will BEST indicate the effectiveness of an incident response process?

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The BEST way to obtain senior management commitment and support for information security investments is to:

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When securing wireless access points, which of the following controls would BEST assure confidentiality?

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Who should PRIMARILY provide direction on the impact of new regulatory requirements that may lead to major application system changes?

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Which of the following choices will MOST influence how the information security program will be designed and implemented?

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The relationship between policies and corporate standards can BEST be described by which of the following associations?

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Which one of the following factors of a risk assessment typically involves the GREATEST amount of speculation?

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Which of the following is a key component of an incident response policy?

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The MOST complete business case for security solutions is one that:

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What is the MOST essential attribute of an effective key risk indicator (KRI)?

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Which of the following is MOST effective in protecting against the attack technique known as phishing?

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The acceptability of a partial system recovery after a security incident is MOST likely to be based on the:

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Which of the following presents the GREATEST exposure to internal attack on a network?

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Which of the following is the MOST important aspect that needs to be considered from a security perspective when payroll processes are outsourced to an external service provider?

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Which of the following BEST supports continuous improvement of the risk management process?

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Who would be the PRIMARY user of metrics regarding the number of email messages quarantined due to virus infection versus the number of infected email messages that were not caught?

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Which of the following is the MOST effective way to measure strategic alignment of an information security program?

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Ongoing tracking of remediation efforts to mitigate identified risks can BEST be accomplished through the use of which of the following?

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Which of the following is the MAIN objective in contracting with an external company to perform penetration testing?

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The MOST effective approach to ensure the continued effectiveness of information security controls is by:

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Which of the following documents would be the BEST reference to determine whether access control mechanisms are appropriate for a critical application?

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The IT function has declared that it is not necessary to update the business impact analysis (BIA) when putting a new application into production because it does not produce modifications in the business processes. The information security manager should:

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Information security governance is PRIMARILY driven by:

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The FIRST step in developing an information security management program is to:

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A privacy statement on a company's e-commerce web site should include:

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What are the essential elements of risk?

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From an information security manager perspective, what is the immediate benefit of clearly-defined roles and responsibilities?

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What action should the security manager take FIRST when incident reports from different organizational units are inconsistent and highly inaccurate?

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What is the BIGGEST concern for an information security manager reviewing firewall rules?

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Which of the following is the MOST important reason for an information security review of contracts?

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Logging is an example of which type of defense against systems compromise?

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Which of the following would be the MOST important goal of an information security governance program?

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Which of the following is the FIRST step after the intrusion detection system (IDS) sends out an alert about a possible attack?

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Which of the following devices should be placed within a demilitarized zone (DMZ)?

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Which of the following BEST protects confidentiality of information?

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What is the MOST cost-effective method of identifying new vendor vulnerabilities?

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What is the MOST important factor in the successful implementation of an enterprisewide information security program?

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An organization's IT change management process requires that all change requests be approved by the asset owner and the information security manager. The PRIMARY objective of getting the information security manager's approval is to ensure that:

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The MOST important purpose of implementing an incident response plan is to:

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Which one of the following groups has final responsibility for the effectiveness of security controls?

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Which of the following factors will MOST affect the extent to which controls should be layered?

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What is the PRIMARY focus if an organization considers taking legal action on a security incident?

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The main mail server of a financial institution has been compromised at the superuser level; the only way to ensure the system is secure would be to:

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An information security manager is in the process of investigating a network intrusion. One of the enterprise's employees is a suspect. The manager has just obtained the suspect's computer and hard drive. Which of the following is the BEST next step?

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Which of the following is the MOST relevant metric to include in an information security quarterly report to the executive committee?

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Which of the following elements are the MOST essential to develop an information security strategy?

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Which of the following is the BEST way to erase confidential information stored on magnetic tapes?

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Which of the following is the MAIN reason for performing risk assessment on a continuous basis?

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A benefit of using a full disclosure (white box) approach as compared to a blind (black box) approach to penetration testing is that:

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Which of the following is the BEST indicator of the level of acceptable risk in an organization?

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Which web application attack facilitates unauthorized access to a database?

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Which of the following is an advantage of a centralized information security organizational structure?

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Which of the following is the BEST way to verify that all critical production servers are utilizing up-to-date virus signature files?

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A business unit intends to deploy a new technology in a manner that places it in violation of existing information security standards. What immediate action should an information security manager take?

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IT-related risk management activities are MOST effective when they are:

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Which of the following BEST defines the relationships among security technologies?

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Which of the following is generally considered a fundamental component of an information security program?

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After a service interruption of a critical system, the incident response team finds that it needs to activate the warm recovery site. Discovering that throughput is only half of the primary site, the team nevertheless notifies management that it has restored the critical system. This is MOST likely because it has achieved the:

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Which of the following is the MOST critical consideration when collecting and preserving admissible evidence during an incident response?

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The BEST defense against successful phishing attacks is:

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Which of the following is MOST likely to improve the effectiveness of the incident response team?

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An information security manager has been asked to develop a change control process. What is the FIRST thing the information security manager should do?

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An organization is using a vendor-supplied critical application which has a maximum password length that does not comply with organizational security standards. Which of the following approaches BEST helps mitigate the weakness?

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The information classification scheme should:

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Which of the following choices is MOST likely to ensure that responsibilities are carried out?

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Which of the following items determines the acceptable level of residual risk in an organization?

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It is MOST important that information security architecture be aligned with which of the following?

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Which of the following is the PRIMARY reason for implementing a risk management program?

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Which of the following is MOST important to achieve proportionality in the protection of enterprise information systems?

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For risk management purposes, the value of a physical asset should be based on:

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Where should a firewall be placed?

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Data owners must provide a safe and secure environment to ensure confidentiality, integrity and availability of the transaction. This is an example of an information security:

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Which of the following is the BEST quantitative indicator of an organization's current risk tolerance?

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Which of the following tools should a newly hired information security manager review to gain an understanding of how effectively the current set of information security projects is managed?

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Which of the following is the MOST important objective of an information security strategy review?

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Management decided that the organization will not achieve compliance with a recently issued set of regulations. Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for the decision?

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Which of the following reasons is the MOST important to develop a strategy before implementing an information security program?

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Why would an organization decide not to take any action on a denial of service (DoS) risk found by the risk assessment team?

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Which would be one of the BEST metrics an information security manager can employ to effectively evaluate the results of a security program?

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Investments in information security technologies should be based on:

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In controlling information leakage, management should FIRST establish:

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Which of the following is the BEST indicator that operational risks are effectively managed in an enterprise?

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For an organization's information security program to be highly effective, who should have final responsibility for authorizing information system access?

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In addition to backup data, which of the following is the MOST important to store offsite in the event of a disaster?

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What is the PRIMARY focus of the change control process?

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The MOST effective technical approach to mitigate the risk of confidential information being disclosed in email attachments is to implement:

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What is the MAIN drawback of emailing password-protected zip files across the Internet?

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When recommending a control to protect corporate applications against structured query language (SQL) injection, the information security manager is MOST likely to suggest:

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What is the MAIN risk when there is no user management representation on the Information Security Steering Committee?

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Risk acceptance is a component of which of the following?

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The PRIMARY reason for senior management review of information security incidents is to:

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The value of tangible assets can be BEST determined by which of the following?

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While governance, risk and compliance (GRC) can be applied to any area of an organization, it is MOST often focused on which of the following areas?

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The MOST important characteristic of good security policies is that they:

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Which of the following roles would represent a conflict of interest for an information security manager?

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Which two components PRIMARILY must be assessed in an effective risk analysis?

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To be effective, risk management should be applied to:

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Which of the following is the MOST important information to include in an information security standard?

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An appropriate risk treatment method is:

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Which of the following would raise security awareness among an organization's employees?

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An enterprise is transferring its IT operations to an offshore location. An information security manager should PRIMARILY focus on:

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What is the MAIN objective for developing an information security program?

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What mechanisms are used to identify deficiencies that would provide attackers with an opportunity to compromise a computer system?

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Which of the following controls is MOST effective in providing reasonable assurance of physical access compliance to an unmanned server room controlled with biometric devices?

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A critical device is delivered with a single user and password that is required to be shared for multiple users to access the device. An information security manager has been tasked with ensuring all access to the device is authorized. Which of the following would be the MOST efficient means to accomplish this?

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Which of the following is the MOST important element of information asset classification?

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What is the PRIMARY factor that should be taken into consideration when designing the technical solution for a disaster recovery site?

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Which of the following is the FIRST phase in which security should be addressed in the development cycle of a project?

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Which of the following types of risk is BEST assessed using quantitative risk assessment techniques?

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An organization has decided to implement governance, risk and compliance (GRC) processes into several critical areas of the enterprise. Which of the following objectives is the MAIN one?

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What is the BEST method for mitigating against network denial of service (DoS) attacks?

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While a disaster recovery exercise in the organization's hot site successfully restored all essential services, the test was deemed a failure. Which of the following circumstances would be the MOST likely cause?

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When implementing regulatory compliance, the PRIMARY controls for defining senior management guidance and intent are:

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Who would be in the BEST position to determine the recovery point objective (RPO) for business applications?

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Which resource is the most effective in preventing physical access tailgating/piggybacking?

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Which of the following BEST contributes to the design of data restoration plans?

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Which one of the following types of detection is NECESSARY to mitigate a denial or distributed denial of service (DoS or DDoS) attack?

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The MOST important reason that statistical anomaly-based intrusion detection systems (stat IDSs) are less commonly used than signature-based IDSs is that stat IDSs:

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Which of the following will BEST prevent external security attacks?

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To BEST improve the alignment of the information security objectives in an organization, the chief information security officer (CISO) should:

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Who should determine the appropriate classification of accounting ledger data located on a database server and maintained by a database administrator in the IT department?

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The typical requirement for security incidents to be resolved quickly and service restored is:

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The classification level of an asset must be PRIMARILY based on which of the following choices?

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Which of the following constitutes the MAIN project activities undertaken in developing an information security program?

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In a forensic investigation, which of the following would be the MOST important factor?

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How should an information security manager balance the potentially conflicting requirements of an international organization's security standards with local regulation?

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When performing a business impact analysis (BIA), which of the following should calculate the recovery time and cost estimates?

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Control baselines are MOST directly related to the:

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An information security manager mapping a job description to types of data access is MOST likely to adhere to which of the following information security principles?

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What is the BEST means to standardize security configurations in similar devices?

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What is the BEST tool to define minimum requirements for database security settings?

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Which of the following is the MOST cost-effective approach to achieve strategic alignment?

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An information security manager has been notified that a server that is utilized within the entire organization has been breached. What is the FIRST step to take?

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The MOST important reason for aligning information security governance with corporate governance is to:

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What is the BEST method for detecting and monitoring a hacker's activities without exposing information assets to unnecessary risk?

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The PRIMARY concern of an information security manager documenting a formal data retention policy is:

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The MOST effective way to ensure that outsourced service providers comply with the organization's information security policy would be:

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Which of the following devices should be placed within a DMZ?

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Which of the following design options is the lowest cost approach to achieve authentication and data integrity?

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What is the MOST appropriate IT incident response management approach for an organization that has outsourced its IT and incident management function?

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Serious security incidents typically lead to renewed focus by management on information security that then usually fades over time. What opportunity should the information security manager seize to BEST utilize this renewed focus?

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A company recently developed a breakthrough technology. Since this technology could give this company a significant competitive edge, which of the following would FIRST govern how this information is to be protected?

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Which of the following would be a MAJOR consideration for an organization defining its business continuity plan (BCP) or disaster recovery program (DRP)?

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Isolation and containment measures for a compromised computer have been taken and information security management is now investigating. What is the MOST appropriate next step?

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Which of the following components is established during the INITIAL steps of developing a risk management program?

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The PRIMARY objective of continuous monitoring is to:

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What is a reasonable approach to determine control effectiveness?

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A database was compromised by guessing the password for a shared administrative account and confidential customer information was stolen. The information security manager was able to detect this breach by analyzing which of the following?

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What is the MAIN reason for deploying a public key infrastructure (PKI) when implementing an information security program?

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After a significant security breach has occurred, what is the MOST important item to report to the chief information officer (CIO)?

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An organization has to comply with recently published industry regulatory requirements—compliance that potentially has high implementation costs. What should the information security manager do FIRST?

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The systems administrator did not immediately notify the security officer about a malicious attack. An information security manager could prevent this situation by:

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The data access requirements for an application should be determined by the:

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Which of the following is the MOST appropriate use of gap analysis?

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From an information security perspective, which of the following poses the MOST important impact concern in a homogenous network?

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The BEST process for assessing an existing risk level is a(n):

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Which of the following will MOST likely reduce the chances of an unauthorized individual gaining access to computing resources by pretending to be an authorized individual needing to have his/her password reset?

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Serious security incidents typically lead to renewed focus on information security by management. To BEST utilize this attention, the information security manager should make the case for:

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The MOST important factor in ensuring the success of an information security program is effective:

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Which of the following is MOST important in determining whether a disaster recovery test is successful?

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Which of the following is the MOST useful indicator of control effectiveness?

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An information security manager's MOST effective efforts to manage the inherent risk related to a third-party service provider will be the result of:

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What is the PRIMARY objective of conducting information security awareness training for all users?

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What is a PRIMARY advantage of performing a risk assessment on a consistent basis?

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Which of the following is the BEST way to confirm that disaster recovery planning is current?

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Which of the following would be MOST appropriate for collecting and preserving evidence?

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A new regulation for safeguarding information processed by a specific type of transaction has come to the attention of an information security officer. The officer should FIRST:

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Which of the following will require the MOST effort when supporting an operational information security program?

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If an organization has a requirement for continuous operations, which of the following approaches would be BEST to test response and recovery?

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An information security manager must understand the relationship between information security and business operations in order to:

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A risk assessment and business impact analysis (BIA) have been completed for a major proposed purchase and new process for an organization. There is disagreement between the information security manager and the business department manager who will own the process regarding the results and the assigned risk. Which of the following would be the BEST approach of the information security manager?

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Which of the following would represent a violation of the chain of custody when a backup tape has been identified as evidence in a fraud investigation?

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Which of the following would be the FIRST step when developing a business case for an information security investment?

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An organization has learned of a security breach at another company that utilizes similar technology. The FIRST thing the information security manager should do is:

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The MOST important factor in planning for the long-term retention of electronically stored business records is to take into account potential changes in:

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In a large organization, effective management of security incidents will be MOST dependent on:

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Which of the following situations presents the GREATEST information security risk for an organization with multiple, but small, domestic processing locations?

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When a proposed system change violates an existing security standard, the conflict would be BEST resolved by:

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Which of the following will be MOST important in calculating accurate return on investment (ROI) in information security?

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Which of the following is MOST important in the development of information security policies?

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What is the goal of risk aggregation?

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An online banking institution is concerned that the breach of customer personal information will have a significant financial impact due to the need to notify and compensate customers whose personal information may have been compromised. The institution determines that residual risk will always be too high and decides to:

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During the security review of organizational servers it was found that a file server containing confidential human resources (HR) data was accessible to all user IDs. What is the FIRST step the security manager should perform?

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Which of the following application systems should have the shortest recovery time objective (RTO)?

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The PRIMARY reason for classifying information resources according to sensitivity and criticality is to:

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