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Certified Information Security Manager Questions 516–520 (page: 105)

Updated On: 10-Feb-2026

An organization has identified an increased threat of external brute force attacks in its environment. Which of the following is the MOST effective way to mitigate this risk to the organization's critical systems?

  1. Increase the sensitivity of intrusion detection systems
  2. Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA)
  3. Implement a security information and event management system (SIEM)
  4. Increase the frequency of log monitoring and analysis

Answer(s): B



Determining the risk for a particular threat/vulnerability pair before controls are applied can be expressed as:

  1. the likelihood of a given threat attempting to exploit a vulnerability
  2. a function of the likelihood and impact, should a threat exploit a vulnerability
  3. the magnitude of the impact, should a threat exploit a vulnerability
  4. a function of the cost and effectiveness of controls over a vulnerability

Answer(s): B



Which of the following BEST protects against phishing attacks?

  1. Application whitelisting
  2. Network encryption
  3. Email filtering
  4. Security strategy training

Answer(s): C



For which of the following is it MOST important that system administrators be restricted to read-only access?

  1. Administrator user profiles
  2. System logging options
  3. User access log files
  4. Administrator log files

Answer(s): D



A business manager has decided not to implement a control based on the risk assessment of a mission-critical business application because of its impact on performance. What is the information security manager's BEST course of action?

  1. Instruct the business manager to implement the mitigation control
  2. Update the organization's risk profile
  3. Recommend possible compensating controls
  4. Escalate the issue to senior management for a final decision

Answer(s): C



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