Which of the following should be included in an
organization's IS security policy?
A. A list of key IT resources to be secured
B. The basis for access authorization
C. Identity of sensitive security features
D. Relevant software security features
Answer / guest
Answer: B
The security policy provides the broad framework of
security, as laid down and approved by the senior
management. It includes a definition of those authorized to
grant access and the basis for granting the access. Choices
A, B and C are more detailed than that which should be
included in a policy.
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To help mitigate the effects of a denial of service attack, which mechanism can an Internet service provider (ISP) use to identify Internet protocol (IP) packets from unauthorized sources? A. Inbound traffic filtering B. Rate limiting C. Reverse address lookup D. Network performance monitoring
Birth date and marriage date items were switched while entering data. Which of the following data validation checks could detect this? A. Logical relationship B. Sequence C. Reasonableness D. Validity
A validation which ensures that input data are matched to predetermined reasonable limits or occurrence rates, is known as: A. Reasonableness check. B. Validity check. C. Existence check. D. Limit check.
Which of the following is a continuity plan test that uses actual resources to simulate a system crash to cost-effectively obtain evidence about the plan's effectiveness? A. Paper test B. Post test C. Preparedness test D. Walk-through
A network diagnostic tool that monitors and records network information is a/an: A. online monitor. B. downtime report. C. help desk report. D. protocol analyzer.
An IS auditor finds that not all employees are aware of the enterprise's information security policy. The IS auditor should conclude that: A. this lack of knowledge may lead to unintentional disclosure of sensitive information. B. information security is not critical to all functions. C. IS audit should provide security training to the employees. D. the audit finding will cause management to provide continuous training to staff.
An organization is considering connecting a critical PC-based system to the Internet. Which of the following would provide the BEST protection against hacking? A. An application-level gateway B. A remote access server C. A proxy server D. Port scanning
E-mail message authenticity and confidentiality is BEST achieved by signing the message using the:
The PRIMARY reason for using digital signatures is to ensure data: A. confidentiality. B. integrity. C. availability. D. timeliness.
Which of the following is intended to detect the loss or duplication of input? A. Hash totals B. Check digits C. Echo checks D. Transaction codes
An IS auditor discovers that an organization?s business continuity plan provides for an alternate processing site that will accommodate fifty percent of the primary processing capability. Based on this, which of the following actions should the IS auditor take? A. Do nothing, because generally, less than twenty-five percent of all processing is critical to an organization?s survival and the backup capacity, therefore is adequate. B. Identify applications that could be processed at the alternate site and develop manual procedures to backup other processing. C. Ensure that critical applications have been identified and that the alternate site could process all such applications. D. Recommend that the information processing facility arrange for an alternate processing site with the capacity to handle at least seventy-five percent of normal processing.
An organization provides information to its supply-chain partners and customers through an extranet infrastructure. Which of the following should be the GREATEST concern to an IS auditor reviewing the firewall security architecture? A. A secure socket layer (SSL) has been implemented for user authentication and remote administration of the firewall. B. On the basis of changing requirements, firewall policies are updated. C. Inbound traffic is blocked unless the traffic type and connections have been specifically permitted. D. The firewall is placed on top of the commercial operating system with all installation options.