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Certified Information Security Manager Exam Prep Guide

You're reading from   Certified Information Security Manager Exam Prep Guide Aligned with the latest edition of the CISM Review Manual to help you pass the exam with confidence

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801074100
Length 616 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Hemang Doshi Hemang Doshi
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Information Security Governance
2. Chapter 1: Information Security Governance FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Practical Aspects of Information Security Governance 4. Section 2: Information Risk Management
5. Chapter 3: Overview of Information Risk Management 6. Chapter 4: Practical Aspects of Information Risk Management 7. Chapter 5: Procedural Aspects of Information Risk Management 8. Section 3: Information Security Program Development Management
9. Chapter 6: Overview of Information Security Program Development Management 10. Chapter 7: Information Security Infrastructure and Architecture 11. Chapter 8: Practical Aspects of Information Security Program Development Management 12. Chapter 9: Information Security Monitoring Tools and Techniques 13. Section 4: Information Security Incident Management
14. Chapter 10: Overview of Information Security Incident Manager 15. Chapter 11: Practical Aspects of Information Security Incident Management 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Information security program objectives

A security manager should understand the following objectives of a security program while implementing the program:

  • To provide maximum support to business functions
  • To minimize operational disruption
  • To implement the strategy in the most cost-effective manner

After establishing the objectives, key goal indicators (KGIs) to reflect these objectives need to be developed. The next step is to determine the current state of security. The current state should be compared with established objectives and identified gaps should be addressed to improve the security processes.

Key aspects from a CISM exam perspective

The following are some of the key aspects from an exam perspective:

Table 6.2 – Key aspects from the CISM exam perspective

Questions

  1. The security manager notes that senior management is dissatisfied with the current state of information security. To address this, what...
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