CISM Cert Prep: 2 Information Risk Management

Prepare to pass the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) exam. Explore the detailed information you need to prepare for the Information Risk Management exam domain.

Introduction

• Information security risk management
• What you need to know
• Study resources

1. Risk Assessment

• Risk assessment
• Quantitative risk assessment
• Information classification

2. Risk Management

• Risk treatment options
• Security control selection and implementation
• Ongoing risk management
• Risk management frameworks
• Risk visibility and reporting

3. Malware

• Comparing viruses, worms, and Trojans
• Malware payloads
• Understanding backdoors and logic bombs
• Botnets
• Advanced persistent threats

4. Understanding Attackers

• Cybersecurity adversaries
• Preventing insider threats
• Threat intelligence

5. Attack Types

• Denial of service attacks
• Eavesdropping attacks
• DNS attacks
• Layer 2 attacks
• Network address spoofing
• Password attacks
• Password spraying and credential stuffing
• Watering hole attacks

6. Social Engineering Attacks

• Social engineering
• Impersonation attacks
• Physical social engineering

7. Vulnerability Scanning and Penetration Testing

• What is vulnerability management?
• Identify scan targets
• Scan configuration
• Scan perspective
• Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP)
• Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
• Analyzing scan reports
• Correlating scan results

8. Awareness and Training

• Security awareness training
• Compliance training
• User habits
• Measuring compliance and security posture
• Awareness program reviews

9. Business Continuity

• Business continuity planning
• Business continuity controls
• High availability and fault tolerance

10. Disaster Recovery

• Disaster recovery planning
• Backups
• Restoring backups
• Disaster recovery sites
• Testing BC/DR plans

11. Supply Chain Risk

• Managing vendor relationships
• Vendor agreements
• Vendor information management
• Audits and assessments
• Cloud audits

12. Compliance

• Legal and compliance risks
• Privacy compliance
• Data breaches
• Intellectual property

Conclusion

• Continuing your studies