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Chapter 1 Security and Risk Management (Domain 1)
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1.1 Understand, adhere to, and promote professional ethics
1.2 Understand and apply security concepts
1.3 Evaluate and apply security governance principles
1.4 Determine compliance and other requirements
1.5 Understand legal and regulatory issues that pertain to information security in a holistic context
1.6 Understand requirements for investigation types (i.e., administrative, criminal, civil, regulatory, industry standards)
1.7 Develop, document, and implement security policy, standards, procedures, and guidelines
1.8 Identify, analyze, and prioritize Business Continuity (BC) requirements
1.9 Contribute to and enforce personnel security policies and procedures
1.10 Understand and apply risk management concepts
1.11 Understand and apply threat modeling concepts and methodologies
1.12 Apply Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) concepts
1.13 Establish and maintain a security awareness, education, and training program
1 Alyssa is responsible for her organization's security awareness program. She is concerned that changes in technology may make the content outdated. What control can she put in place to protect against this risk?GamificationComputer-based trainingContent reviewsLive training
2 Gavin is creating a report to management on the results of his most recent risk assessment. In his report, he would like to identify the remaining level of risk to the organization after adopting security controls. What term best describes this current level of risk?Inherent riskResidual riskControl riskMitigated risk
3 Francine is a security specialist for an online service provider in the United States. She recently received a claim from a copyright holder that a user is storing information on her service that violates the third party's copyright. What law governs the actions that Francine must take?Copyright ActLanham ActDigital Millennium Copyright ActGramm Leach Bliley Act
4 FlyAway Travel has offices in both the European Union (EU) and the United States and transfers personal information between those offices regularly. They have recently received a request from an EU customer requesting that their account be terminated. Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which requirement for processing personal information states that individuals may request that their data no longer be disseminated or processed?The right to accessPrivacy by designThe right to be forgottenThe right of data portability
5 After conducting a qualitative risk assessment of her organization, Sally recommends purchasing cybersecurity breach insurance. What type of risk response behavior is she recommending?AcceptTransferReduceReject
6 Which one of the following elements of information is not considered personally identifiable information that would trigger most United States (U.S.) state data breach laws?Student identification numberSocial Security numberDriver's license numberCredit card number
7 Renee is speaking to her board of directors about their responsibilities to review cybersecurity controls. What rule requires that senior executives take personal responsibility for information security matters?Due diligence rulePersonal liability rulePrudent man ruleDue process rule
8 Henry recently assisted one of his co-workers in preparing for the CISSP exam. During this process, Henry disclosed confidential information about the content of the exam, in violation of Canon IV of the Code of Ethics: “Advance and protect the profession.” Who may bring ethics charges against Henry for this violation?Anyone may bring charges.Any certified or licensed professional may bring charges.Only Henry's employer may bring charges.Only the affected employee may bring charges.
9 Wanda is working with one of her organization's European Union business partners to facilitate the exchange of customer information. Wanda's organization is located in the United States. What would be the best method for Wanda to use to ensure GDPR compliance?Binding corporate rulesPrivacy ShieldStandard contractual clausesSafe harbor
10 Yolanda is the chief privacy officer for a financial institution and is researching privacy requirements related to customer checking accounts. Which one of the following laws is most likely to apply to this situation?GLBASOXHIPAAFERPA
11 Tim's organization recently received a contract to conduct sponsored research as a government contractor. What law now likely applies to the information systems involved in this contract?FISMAPCI DSSHIPAAGISRA
12 Chris is advising travelers from his organization who will be visiting many different countries overseas. He is concerned about compliance with export control laws. Which of the following technologies is most likely to trigger these regulations?Memory chipsOffice productivity applicationsHard drivesEncryption software
13 Bobbi is investigating a security incident and discovers that an attacker began with a normal user account but managed to exploit a system vulnerability to provide that account with administrative rights. What type of attack took place under the STRIDE threat model?SpoofingRepudiationTamperingElevation of privilege
14 You are completing your business continuity planning effort and have decided that you want to accept one of the risks. What should you do next?Implement new security controls to reduce the risk level.Design a disaster recovery plan.Repeat the business impact assessment.Document your decision-making process.
15 You are completing a review of the controls used to protect a media storage facility in your organization and would like to properly categorize each control that is currently in place. Which of the following control categories accurately describe a fence around a facility? (Select all that apply.)PhysicalDetectiveDeterrentPreventive
16 Tony is developing a business continuity plan and is having difficulty prioritizing resources because of the difficulty of combining information about tangible and intangible assets. What would be the most effective risk assessment approach for him to use?Quantitative risk assessmentQualitative risk assessmentNeither quantitative nor qualitative risk assessmentCombination of quantitative and qualitative risk assessment
17 Vincent believes that a former employee took trade secret information from his firm and brought it with him to a competitor. He wants to pursue legal action. Under what law could he pursue charges?Copyright lawLanham ActGlass-Steagall ActEconomic Espionage Act
18 Which one of the following principles imposes a standard of care upon an individual that is broad and equivalent to what one would expect from a reasonable person under the circumstances?Due diligenceSeparation of dutiesDue careLeast privilege
19 Brenda's organization recently completed the acquisition of a competitor firm. Which one of the following tasks would be LEAST likely to be part of the organizational processes addressed during the acquisition?Consolidation of security functionsIntegration of security toolsProtection of intellectual propertyDocumentation of security policies
20 Kelly believes that an employee engaged in the unauthorized use of computing resources for a side business. After consulting with management, she decides to launch an administrative investigation. What is the burden of proof that she must meet in this investigation?Preponderance of the evidenceBeyond a reasonable doubtBeyond the shadow of a doubtThere is no standard
21 Keenan Systems recently developed a new manufacturing process for microprocessors. The company wants to license the technology to other companies for use but wants to prevent unauthorized use of the technology. What type of intellectual property protection is best suited for this situation?PatentTrade secretCopyrightTrademark
22 Which one of the following actions might be taken as part of a business continuity plan?Restoring from backup tapesImplementing RAIDRelocating to a cold siteRestarting business operations
23 When developing a business impact analysis, the team should first create a list of assets. What should happen next?Identify vulnerabilities in each asset.Determine the risks facing the asset.Develop a value for each asset.Identify threats facing each asset.
24 Mike recently implemented an intrusion prevention system designed to block common network attacks from affecting his organization. What type of risk management strategy is Mike pursuing?Risk acceptanceRisk avoidanceRisk mitigationRisk transference
25 Laura has been asked to perform an SCA. What type of organization is she most likely in?Higher educationBankingGovernmentHealthcare
26 Carl is a federal agent investigating a computer crime case. He identified an attacker who engaged in illegal conduct and wants to pursue a case against that individual that will lead to imprisonment. What standard of proof must Carl meet?Beyond the shadow of a doubtPreponderance of the evidence Beyond a reasonable doubtMajority of the evidence
27 The International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium uses the logo shown here to represent itself online and in a variety of forums. What type of intellectual property protection may it use to protect its rights in this logo?CopyrightPatentTrade secretTrademark
28 Mary is helping a computer user who sees the following message appear on his computer screen. What type of attack has occurred?AvailabilityConfidentialityDisclosureDistributed
29 Which one of the following organizations would not be automatically subject to the privacy and security requirements of HIPAA if they engage in electronic transactions?Healthcare providerHealth and fitness application developerHealth information clearinghouseHealth insurance plan
30 John's network begins to experience symptoms of slowness. Upon investigation, he realizes that the network is being bombarded with TCP SYN packets and believes that his organization is the victim of a denial-of-service attack. What principle of information security is being violated?AvailabilityIntegrityConfidentialityDenial
31 Renee is designing the long-term security plan for her organization and has a three- to five-year planning horizon. Her primary goal is to align the security function with the broader plans and objectives of the business. What type of plan is she developing?OperationalTacticalSummaryStrategic
32 Gina is working to protect a logo that her company will use for a new product they are launching. She has questions about the intellectual property protection process for this logo. What U.S. government agency would be best able to answer her questions?USPTOLibrary of CongressNSANIST
33 The Acme Widgets Company is putting new controls in place for its accounting department. Management is concerned that a rogue accountant may be able to create a new false vendor and then issue checks to that vendor as payment for services that were never rendered. What security control can best help prevent this situation?Mandatory vacationSeparation of dutiesDefense in depthJob rotation
34 Which one of the following categories of organizations is most likely to be covered by the provisions of FISMA?BanksDefense contractorsSchool districtsHospitals
35 Robert is responsible for securing systems used to process credit card information. What security control framework should guide his actions?HIPAAPCI DSSSOXGLBA
36 Which one of the following individuals is normally responsible for fulfilling the operational data protection responsibilities delegated by senior management, such as validating data integrity, testing backups, and managing security policies?Data custodianData ownerUserAuditor
37 Alan works for an e-commerce company that recently had some content stolen by another website and republished without permission. What type of intellectual property protection would best preserve Alan's company's rights?Trade secretCopyrightTrademarkPatent
38 Florian receives a flyer from a U.S. federal government agency announcing that a new administrative law will affect his business operations. Where should he go to find the text of the law?United States CodeSupreme Court rulingsCode of Federal RegulationsCompendium of Laws
39 Tom enables an application firewall provided by his cloud infrastructure as a service provider that is designed to block many types of application attacks. When viewed from a risk management perspective, what metric is Tom attempting to lower by implementing this countermeasure?ImpactRPO MTOLikelihood
40 Which one of the following individuals would be the most effective organizational owner for an information security program?CISSP-certified analystChief information officer (CIO)Manager of network securityPresident and CEO
41 What important function do senior managers normally fill on a business continuity planning team?Arbitrating disputes about criticalityEvaluating the legal environmentTraining staffDesigning failure controls
42 You are the CISO for a major hospital system and are preparing to sign a contract with a software as a service (SaaS) email vendor and want to perform a control assessment to ensure that its business continuity planning measures are reasonable. What type of audit might you request to meet this goal?SOC 1FISMAPCI DSSSOC 2
43 Gary is analyzing a security incident and, during his investigation, encounters a user who denies having performed an action that Gary believes he did perform. What type of threat has taken place under the STRIDE model?RepudiationInformation disclosureTamperingElevation of privilege
44 Beth is the security administrator for a public school district. She is implementing a new student information system and is testing the code to ensure that students are not able to alter their own grades. What principle of information security is Beth enforcing?IntegrityAvailabilityConfidentialityDenial
45 Which one of the following issues is not normally addressed in a service-level agreement (SLA)?Confidentiality of customer informationFailover timeUptimeMaximum consecutive downtime
46 Joan is seeking to protect a piece of computer software that she developed under intellectual property law. Which one of the following avenues of protection would not apply to a piece of software?TrademarkCopyrightPatentTrade secretFor questions 47–49, please refer to the following scenario:Juniper Content is a web content development company with 40 employees located in two offices: one in New York and a smaller office in the San Francisco Bay Area. Each office has a local area network protected by a perimeter firewall. The local area network (LAN) contains modern switch equipment connected to both wired and wireless networks.Each office has its own file server, and the information technology (IT) team runs software every hour to synchronize files between the two servers, distributing content between the offices. These servers are primarily used to store images and other files related to web content developed by the company. The team also uses a SaaS-based email and document collaboration solution for much of their work.You are the newly appointed IT manager for Juniper Content, and you are working to augment existing security controls to improve the organization's security.
47 Users in the two offices would like to access each other's file servers over the internet. What control would provide confidentiality for those communications?Digital signaturesVirtual private networkVirtual LANDigital content management
48 You are also concerned about the availability of data stored on each office's server. You would like to add technology that would enable continued access to files located on the server even if a hard drive in a server fails. What control allows you to add robustness without adding additional servers?Server clusteringLoad balancingRAIDScheduled backups
49 Finally, there are historical records stored on the server that are extremely important to the business and should never be modified. You would like to add an integrity control that allows you to verify on a periodic basis that the files were not modified. What control can you add?HashingACLsRead-only attributesFirewalls
50 Beth is a human resources specialist preparing to assist in the termination of an employee. Which of the following is not typically part of a termination process?An exit interviewRecovery of propertyAccount terminationSigning an NCA
51 Frances is reviewing her organization's business continuity plan documentation for completeness. Which one of the following is not normally included in business continuity plan documentation?Statement of accountsStatement of importanceStatement of prioritiesStatement of organizational responsibility
52 An accounting employee at Doolittle Industries was recently arrested for participation in an embezzlement scheme. The employee transferred money to a personal account and then shifted funds around between other accounts every day to disguise the fraud for months. Which one of the following controls might have best allowed the earlier detection of this fraud?Separation of dutiesLeast privilegeDefense in depthMandatory vacation
53 Jeff would like to adopt an industry-standard approach for assessing the processes his organization uses to manage risk. What maturity model would be most appropriate for his use?CMMSW-CMMRMMCOBIT
54 Chris' organization recently suffered an attack that rendered their website inaccessible to paying customers for several hours. Which information security goal was most directly impacted?ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailabilityDenial
55 Yolanda is writing a document that will provide configuration information regarding the minimum level of security that every system in the organization must meet. What type of document is she preparing?PolicyBaselineGuidelineProcedure
56 Who should receive initial business continuity plan training in an organization?Senior executivesThose with specific business continuity rolesEveryone in the organizationFirst responders
57 James is conducting a risk assessment for his organization and is attempting to assign an asset value to the servers in his data center. The organization's primary concern is ensuring that it has sufficient funds available to rebuild the data center in the event it is damaged or destroyed. Which one of the following asset valuation methods would be most appropriate in this situation?Purchase costDepreciated costReplacement costOpportunity cost
58 Roger's organization suffered a breach of customer credit card records. Under the terms of PCI DSS, what organization may choose to pursue an investigation of this matter?FBILocal law enforcementBankPCI SSC
59 Rick recently engaged critical employees in each of his organization's business units to ask for their assistance with his security awareness program. They will be responsible for sharing security messages with their peers and answering questions about cybersecurity matters. What term best describes this relationship?Security championSecurity expert GamificationPeer review
60 Frank discovers a keylogger hidden on the laptop of his company's chief executive officer. What information security principle is the keylogger most likely designed to disrupt?ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailabilityDenial
61 Elise is helping her organization prepare to evaluate and adopt a new cloud-based human resource management (HRM) system vendor. What would be the most appropriate minimum security standard for her to require of possible vendors?Compliance with all laws and regulationsHandling information in the same manner the organization wouldElimination of all identified security risksCompliance with the vendor's own policies
62 The following graphic shows the NIST risk management framework with step 4 missing. What is the missing step?Assess security controls.Determine control gaps. Remediate control gaps.Evaluate user activity.
63 HAL Systems recently decided to stop offering public NTP services because of a fear that its NTP servers would be used in amplification DDoS attacks. What type of risk management strategy did HAL pursue with respect to its NTP services?Risk mitigationRisk acceptanceRisk transferenceRisk avoidance
64 Susan is working with the management team in her company to classify data in an attempt to apply extra security controls that will limit the likelihood of a data breach. What principle of information security is Susan trying to enforce?AvailabilityDenialConfidentialityIntegrity
65 Which one of the following components should be included in an organization's emergency response guidelines?List of individuals who should be notified of an emergency incidentLong-term business continuity protocolsActivation procedures for the organization's cold sitesContact information for ordering equipment
66 Chas recently completed the development of his organization's business continuity plan. Who is the ideal person to approve an organization's business continuity plan?Chief information officerChief executive officerChief information security officerChief operating officer
67 Which one of the following actions is not normally part of the project scope and planning phase of business continuity planning?Structured analysis of the organizationReview of the legal and regulatory landscapeCreation of a BCP teamDocumentation of the plan
68 Gary is implementing a new website architecture that uses multiple small web servers behind a load balancer. What principle of information security is Gary seeking to enforce?DenialConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
69 Becka recently signed a contract with an alternate data processing facility that will provide her company with space in the event of a disaster. The facility includes HVAC, power, and communications circuits but no hardware. What type of facility is Becka using?Cold siteWarm siteHot siteMobile site
70 Greg's company recently experienced a significant data breach involving the personal data of many of their customers. Which breach laws should they review to ensure that they are taking appropriate action?The breach laws in the state where they are headquartered.The breach laws of states they do business in.Only federal breach laws.Breach laws only cover government agencies, not private businesses.
71 Ben is seeking a control objective framework that is widely accepted around the world and focuses specifically on information security controls. Which one of the following frameworks would best meet his needs?ITILISO 27002CMMPMBOK Guide
72 Matt works for a telecommunications firm and was approached by a federal agent seeking assistance with wiretapping one of Matt's clients pursuant to a search warrant. Which one of the following laws requires that communications service providers cooperate with law enforcement requests?ECPACALEAPrivacy ActHITECH Act
73 Every year, Gary receives privacy notices in the mail from financial institutions where he has accounts. What law requires the institutions to send Gary these notices?FERPAGLBA HIPAAHITECH
74 Which one of the following agreements typically requires that a vendor not disclose confidential information learned during the scope of an engagement?NCASLANDARTO
75 The (ISC)2 Code of Ethics applies to all CISSP holders. Which of the following is not one of the four mandatory canons of the code?Protect society, the common good, the necessary public trust and confidence, and the infrastructure.Disclose breaches of privacy, trust, and ethics.Provide diligent and competent service to the principles.Advance and protect the profession.
76 Which one of the following stakeholders is not typically included on a business continuity planning team?Core business function leadersInformation technology staffCEOSupport departments
77 Ben is designing a messaging system for a bank and would like to include a feature that allows the recipient of a message to prove to a third party that the message did indeed come from the purported originator. What goal is Ben trying to achieve?AuthenticationAuthorizationIntegrityNonrepudiation
78 What principle of information security states that an organization should implement overlapping security controls whenever possible?Least privilegeSeparation of dutiesDefense in depthSecurity through obscurity
79 Ryan is a CISSP-certified cybersecurity professional working in a nonprofit organization. Which of the following ethical obligations apply to his work? (Select all that apply.)(ISC)2 Code of EthicsOrganizational code of ethics Federal code of ethicsRFC 1087
80 Ben is responsible for the security of payment card information stored in a database. Policy directs that he remove the information from the database, but he cannot do this for operational reasons. He obtained an exception to policy and is seeking an appropriate compensating control to mitigate the risk. What would be his best option?Purchasing insuranceEncrypting the database contentsRemoving the dataObjecting to the exception
81 The Domer Industries risk assessment team recently conducted a qualitative risk assessment and developed a matrix similar to the one shown here. Which quadrant contains the risks that require the most immediate attention?IIIIIIIV
82 Tom is planning to terminate an employee this afternoon for fraud and expects that the meeting will be somewhat hostile. He is coordinating the meeting with human resources and wants to protect the company against damage. Which one of the following steps is most important to coordinate in time with the termination meeting?Informing other employees of the terminationRetrieving the employee's photo IDCalculating the final paycheckRevoking electronic access rights
83 Rolando is a risk manager with a large-scale enterprise. The firm recently evaluated the risk of California mudslides on its operations in the region and determined that the cost of responding outweighed the benefits of any controls it could implement. The company chose to take no action at this time. What risk management strategy did Rolando's organization pursue?Risk avoidanceRisk mitigationRisk transferenceRisk acceptance
84 Helen is the owner of a U.S. website that provides information for middle and high school students preparing for exams. She is writing the site's privacy policy and would like to ensure that it complies with the provisions of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). What is the cutoff age below which parents must give consent in advance of the collection of personal information from their children under COPPA?13151718
85 Tom is considering locating a business in the downtown area of Miami, Florida. He consults the FEMA flood plain map for the region, shown here, and determines that the area he is considering lies within a 100-year flood plain. What is the ARO of a flood in this area?1001 0.10.01
86 You discover that a user on your network has been using the Wireshark tool, as shown here. Further investigation revealed that he was using it for illicit purposes. What pillar of information security has most likely been violated?IntegrityDenialAvailabilityConfidentiality
87 Alan is performing threat modeling and decides that it would be useful to decompose the system into the core elements shown here. What tool is he using?Vulnerability assessmentFuzzingReduction analysisData modeling
88 Craig is selecting the site for a new data center and must choose a location somewhere within the United States. He obtained the earthquake risk map shown here from the United States Geological Survey. Which of the following would be the safest location to build his facility if he were primarily concerned with earthquake risk?New YorkNorth CarolinaIndianaFlorida
89 Which type of business impact assessment tool is most appropriate when attempting to evaluate the impact of a failure on customer confidence?QuantitativeQualitativeAnnualized loss expectancyReduction
90 Ryan is a security risk analyst for an insurance company. He is currently examining a scenario in which a malicious hacker might use a SQL injection attack to deface a web server due to a missing patch in the company's web application. In this scenario, what is the threat?Unpatched web applicationWeb defacement Malicious hackerOperating systemFor questions 91–93, please refer to the following scenario:Henry is the risk manager for Atwood Landing, a resort community in the midwestern United States. The resort's main data center is located in northern Indiana in an area that is prone to tornados. Henry recently undertook a replacement cost analysis and determined that rebuilding and reconfiguring the data center would cost $10 million.Henry consulted with tornado experts, data center specialists, and structural engineers. Together, they determined that a typical tornado would cause approximately $5 million of damage to the facility. The meteorologists determined that Atwood's facility lies in an area where they are likely to experience a tornado once every 200 years.
91 Based upon the information in this scenario, what is the exposure factor for the effect of a tornado on Atwood Landing's data center?10 percent25 percent50 percent75 percent
92 Based upon the information in this scenario, what is the annualized rate of occurrence for a tornado at Atwood Landing's data center?0.00250.0050.010.015
93 Based upon the information in this scenario, what is the annualized loss expectancy for a tornado at Atwood Landing's data center?$25,000$50,000$250,000$500,000
94 John is analyzing an attack against his company in which the attacker found comments embedded in HTML code that provided the clues needed to exploit a software vulnerability. Using the STRIDE model, what type of attack did he uncover?SpoofingRepudiationInformation disclosureElevation of privilege
95 Chris is worried that the laptops that his organization has recently acquired were modified by a third party to include keyloggers before they were delivered. Where should he focus his efforts to prevent this?His supply chainHis vendor contractsHis post-purchase build processThe original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
96 In her role as a developer for an online bank, Lisa is required to submit her code for testing and review. After it passes through this process and it is approved, another employee moves the code to the production environment. What security management does this process describe?Regression testingCode reviewChange managementFuzz testing
97 After completing the first year of his security awareness program, Charles reviews the data about how many staff completed training compared to how many were assigned the training to determine whether he hit the 95 percent completion rate he was aiming for. What is this type of measure called?A KPIA metricAn awareness controlA return on investment rate
98 Which of the following is not typically included in a prehire screening process?A drug testA background checkSocial media reviewFitness evaluation
99 Which of the following would normally be considered a supply chain risk? (Select all that apply.)Adversary tampering with hardware prior while being shipped to the end customerAdversary hacking into a web server run by the organization in an IaaS environmentAdversary using social engineering to compromise an employee of a SaaS vendor to gain access to customer accountsAdversary conducting a denial-of-service attack using a botnet
100 Match the following numbered laws or industry standards to their lettered description:Laws and industry standardsGLBAPCI DSSHIPAASOXDescriptionsA U.S. law that requires covered financial institutions to provide their customers with a privacy notice on a yearly basisA U.S. law that requires internal controls assessments, including IT transaction flows for publicly traded companiesAn industry standard that covers organizations that handle credit cardsA U.S. law that provides data privacy and security requirements for medical information