Information Security And IT Risk Management 1st Edition by Manish Agrawal – Test Bank

1. 1. Information security is becoming increasingly important because of
      1. The increasing criticality of information to individuals and organizations
      2. There is a general increase in criminal behavior in society
      3. People are greedier these days
      4. Organizations are wealthier these days

Answer: (a)

1. 1. Many users are vulnerable to
      1. Attacks on ATM machines
      2. Stolen usernames and passwords from a compromised site being used to compromise their bank accounts
      3. Hackers compromising the IT systems at large financial institutions
      4. Demands for usernames and passwords at gun-point

Answer: (b)

1. 1. The biggest time-consuming activity for most Information security professionals is
      1. Responding to information security incidents
      2. Fixing software bugs
      3. Researching new technologies
      4. Helping customers

Answer: (c)

1. 1. Information security professionals do not report spending a lot of time on
      1. Researching new technologies
      2. Political issues
      3. Developing internal security policies, standards and procedures
      4. Fixing software bugs

Answer: (d)

1. 1. Desired competencies for information security professionals include all of the following except
      1. Marketing 
      2. Risk management
      3. Secure SDLC
      4. Forensics

Answer: (a)