From a risk management perspective, the PRIMARY objective of using maturity models is to enable:
Which of the following would be the BEST key performance indicator (KPI) for monitoring the effectiveness of the IT asset management process?
Which of the following would BEST mitigate the risk associated with reputational damage from inappropriate use of social media sites by employees?
An organization outsources the processing of us payroll data A risk practitioner identifies a control weakness at the third party trial exposes the payroll data. Who should own this risk?
Which of tie following is We MOST important consideration when implementing ethical remote work monitoring?
The BEST key performance indicator (KPI) to measure the effectiveness of a backup process would be the number of:
In an organization dependent on data analytics to drive decision-making, which of the following would BEST help to minimize the risk associated with inaccurate data?
Which of the following statements describes the relationship between key risk indicators (KRIs) and key control indicators (KCIs)?
Which of the following is the GREATEST risk associated with the misclassification of data?
Which of the following is the BEST recommendation to senior management when the results of a risk and control assessment indicate a risk scenario can only be partially mitigated?
Which of The following should be the FIRST step when a company is made aware of new regulatory requirements impacting IT?
The MOST important reason for implementing change control procedures is to ensure:
Which of the following is the MOST important topic to cover in a risk awareness training program for all staff?
Which of the following BEST measures the impact of business interruptions caused by an IT service outage?
Risk acceptance of an exception to a security control would MOST likely be justified when:
Which of the following provides the MOST up-to-date information about the effectiveness of an organization's overall IT control environment?
A risk practitioner has been asked by executives to explain how existing risk treatment plans would affect risk posture at the end of the year. Which of the following is MOST helpful in responding to this request?
When updating the risk register after a risk assessment, which of the following is MOST important to include?
An organization recently received an independent security audit report of its cloud service provider that indicates significant control weaknesses. What should be done NEXT in response to this report?
Which of The following is the BEST way to confirm whether appropriate automated controls are in place within a recently implemented system?
Several network user accounts were recently created without the required management approvals. Which of the following would be the risk practitioner's BEST recommendation to address this situation?
Which of the following is the BEST key performance indicator (KPI) to measure the effectiveness of a disaster recovery test of critical business processes?
An organization is implementing internet of Things (loT) technology to control temperature and lighting in its headquarters. Which of the following should be of GREATEST concern?
An IT department has provided a shared drive for personnel to store information to which all employees have access. Which of the following parties is accountable for the risk of potential loss of confidential information?
A risk practitioner recently discovered that personal information from the production environment is required for testing purposes in non-production environments. Which of the following is the BEST recommendation to address this situation?
An organization retains footage from its data center security camera for 30 days when the policy requires 90-day retention The business owner challenges whether the situation is worth remediating Which of the following is the risk manager s BEST response'
An organization is participating in an industry benchmarking study that involves providing customer transaction records for analysis Which of the following is the MOST important control to ensure the privacy of customer information?
A recent vulnerability assessment of a web-facing application revealed several weaknesses. Which of the following should be done NEXT to determine the risk exposure?
A risk practitioner has received an updated enterprise risk management (ERM) report showing that residual risk is now within the organization's defined appetite and tolerance levels. Which of the following is the risk practitioner's BEST course of action?
An organization is implementing encryption for data at rest to reduce the risk associated with unauthorized access. Which of the following MUST be considered to assess the residual risk?
The GREATEST benefit of including low-probability, high-impact events in a risk assessment is the ability to:
Which of the following is MOST important to compare against the corporate risk profile?
Which of the following is the MOST appropriate key risk indicator (KRI) for backup media that is recycled monthly?
Vulnerabilities have been detected on an organization's systems. Applications installed on these systems will not operate if the underlying servers are updated. Which of the following is the risk practitioner's BEST course of action?
Which of the following should be the PRIMARY focus of an IT risk awareness program?
To minimize the risk of a potential acquisition being exposed externally, an organization has selected a few key employees to be engaged in the due diligence process. A member of the due diligence team realizes a close acquaintance is a high-ranking IT professional at a subsidiary of the company about to be acquired. What is the BEST course of action for this team member?
When reviewing a report on the performance of control processes, it is MOST important to verify whether the:
Which of the following is MOST important when conducting a post-implementation review as part of the system development life cycle (SDLC)?
Which of the following is the GREATEST benefit of identifying appropriate risk owners?
Which of the following is MOST important to the effectiveness of key performance indicators (KPIs)?
One of an organization's key IT systems cannot be patched because the patches interfere with critical business application functionalities. Which of the following would be the risk practitioner's BEST recommendation?
The cost of maintaining a control has grown to exceed the potential loss. Which of the following BEST describes this situation?
Which of the following is the BEST control to minimize the risk associated with scope creep in software development?
Which of the following activities BEST facilitates effective risk management throughout the organization?
When reviewing the business continuity plan (BCP) of an online sales order system, a risk practitioner notices that the recovery time objective (RTO) has a shorter lime than what is defined in the disaster recovery plan (DRP). Which of the following is the BEST way for the risk practitioner to address this concern?
The MAIN reason for prioritizing IT risk responses is to enable an organization to:
Which of the following would be the result of a significant increase in the motivation of a malicious threat actor?
A poster has been displayed in a data center that reads. "Anyone caught taking photographs in the data center may be subject to disciplinary action." Which of the following control types has been implemented?
What is the PRIMARY reason an organization should include background checks on roles with elevated access to production as part of its hiring process?
Which key performance efficiency IKPI) BEST measures the effectiveness of an organization's disaster recovery program?
After entering a large number of low-risk scenarios into the risk register, it is MOST important for the risk practitioner to:
A risk practitioner notices a risk scenario associated with data loss at the organization's cloud provider is assigned to the provider Who should the risk scenario be reassigned to?
When confirming whether implemented controls are operating effectively, which of the following is MOST important to review?
it was determined that replication of a critical database used by two business units failed. Which of the following should be of GREATEST concern1?
A recent regulatory requirement has the potential to affect an organization's use of a third party to supply outsourced business services. Which of the following is the BEST course of action?
Which of the following BEST enables senior management lo compare the ratings of risk scenarios?
When developing a response plan to address security incidents regarding sensitive data loss, it is MOST important
Which of the following roles should be assigned accountability for monitoring risk levels?
Which of the following would provide the MOST useful input when evaluating the appropriateness of risk responses?
Which of the following is MOST likely to introduce risk for financial institutions that use blockchain?
A risk practitioner has identified that the agreed recovery time objective (RTO) with a Software as a Service (SaaS) provider is longer than the business expectation. Which of the following is the risk practitioner's BEST course of action?
Which of the following is the BEST indicator of executive management's support for IT risk mitigation efforts?
Which of the following is the MOST important information to cover a business continuity awareness Ira nine, program for all employees of the organization?
When performing a risk assessment of a new service to support a ewe Business process. which of the following should be done FRST10 ensure continuity of operations?
Which of the following would BEST facilitate the implementation of data classification requirements?
Which of the following is the BEST course of action when an organization wants to reduce likelihood in order to reduce a risk level?
An organization has used generic risk scenarios to populate its risk register. Which of the following presents the GREATEST challenge to assigning of the associated risk entries?
Which of the following is the MAIN benefit to an organization using key risk indicators (KRIs)?
An information security audit identified a risk resulting from the failure of an automated control Who is responsible for ensuring the risk register is updated accordingly?
Which of the following is the MOST important concern when assigning multiple risk owners for an identified risk?
An application owner has specified the acceptable downtime in the event of an incident to be much lower than the actual time required for the response team to recover the application. Which of the following should be the NEXT course of action?
The risk associated with an asset after controls are applied can be expressed as:
When of the following provides the MOST tenable evidence that a business process control is effective?
All business units within an organization have the same risk response plan for creating local disaster recovery plans. In an effort to achieve cost effectiveness, the BEST course of action would be to:
When creating a separate IT risk register for a large organization, which of the following is MOST important to consider with regard to the existing corporate risk 'register?
An organization has allowed several employees to retire early in order to avoid layoffs Many of these employees have been subject matter experts for critical assets Which type of risk is MOST likely to materialize?
Which of the following would BEST facilitate the implementation of data classification requirements?
An organization has operations in a location that regularly experiences severe weather events. Which of the following would BEST help to mitigate the risk to operations?
Which of the following is MOST helpful to ensure effective security controls for a cloud service provider?
Which of the following is the FIRST step in managing the risk associated with the leakage of confidential data?
An organization that has been the subject of multiple social engineering attacks is developing a risk awareness program. The PRIMARY goal of this program should be to:
Which of the following will BEST quantify the risk associated with malicious users in an organization?
Which of the following roles would provide the MOST important input when identifying IT risk scenarios?
Which of the following is the BEST key performance indicator (KPI) to measure the effectiveness of a disaster recovery plan (DRP)?
The head of a business operations department asks to review the entire IT risk register. Which of the following would be the risk manager s BEST approach to this request before sharing the register?
Which of the following would BEST help minimize the risk associated with social engineering threats?
Which of the following controls will BEST detect unauthorized modification of data by a database administrator?
An organization has allowed its cyber risk insurance to lapse while seeking a new insurance provider. The risk practitioner should report to management that the risk has been:
A trusted third party service provider has determined that the risk of a client's systems being hacked is low. Which of the following would be the client's BEST course of action?
Periodically reviewing and updating a risk register with details on identified risk factors PRIMARILY helps to:
The analysis of which of the following will BEST help validate whether suspicious network activity is malicious?
Which of the following attributes of a key risk indicator (KRI) is MOST important?
Which of the following activities would BEST contribute to promoting an organization-wide risk-aware culture?
Which of the following is the MOST important foundational element of an effective three lines of defense model for an organization?
Which of the following is the MOST important factor affecting risk management in an organization?
Which of the following is the BEST key performance indicator (KPI) to measure the maturity of an organization's security incident handling process?
Which of the following BEST describes the role of the IT risk profile in strategic IT-related decisions?
Which of the following is the MOST useful indicator to measure the efficiency of an identity and access management process?
Which of the following is the MOST important characteristic of an effective risk management program?
A risk heat map is MOST commonly used as part of an IT risk analysis to facilitate risk:
During the risk assessment of an organization that processes credit cards, a number of existing controls have been found to be ineffective and do not meet industry standards. The overall control environment may still be effective if:
The MOST important characteristic of an organization s policies is to reflect the organization's:
The PRIMARY benefit of maintaining an up-to-date risk register is that it helps to:
Whether the results of risk analyses should be presented in quantitative or qualitative terms should be based PRIMARILY on the:
Establishing and organizational code of conduct is an example of which type of control?
Which of the following is a PRIMARY benefit of engaging the risk owner during the risk assessment process?
The MOST effective way to increase the likelihood that risk responses will be implemented is to:
Which of the following is MOST important when developing key performance indicators (KPIs)?
The risk associated with an asset before controls are applied can be expressed as:
Which of the following is the BEST method for assessing control effectiveness?
Which of the following is the MOST important key performance indicator (KPI) to establish in the service level agreement (SLA) for an outsourced data center?
Which of the following changes would be reflected in an organization's risk profile after the failure of a critical patch implementation?
Which of the following is the PRIMARY factor in determining a recovery time objective (RTO)?
Which of the following would BEST help an enterprise prioritize risk scenarios?
A risk practitioner is summarizing the results of a high-profile risk assessment sponsored by senior management. The BEST way to support risk-based decisions by senior management would be to:
The PRIMARY reason a risk practitioner would be interested in an internal audit report is to:
Which of the following provides The MOST useful information when determining a risk management program's maturity level?
Which of the following is MOST helpful in identifying new risk exposures due to changes in the business environment?
Which of the following would BEST help secure online financial transactions from improper users?
Which of the following is the MOST important reason to revisit a previously accepted risk?
When presenting risk, the BEST method to ensure that the risk is measurable against the organization's risk appetite is through the use of a:
Which of the following would BEST help identify the owner for each risk scenario in a risk register?
Which of the following is MOST important for an organization to have in place when developing a risk management framework?
Which of the following indicates an organization follows IT risk management best practice?
Which of the following should be considered FIRST when assessing risk associated with the adoption of emerging technologies?
Which of the following conditions presents the GREATEST risk to an application?
The PRIMARY objective of The board of directors periodically reviewing the risk profile is to help ensure:
Which of the following is MOST important to sustainable development of secure IT services?
The risk appetite for an organization could be derived from which of the following?
When reporting on the performance of an organization's control environment including which of the following would BEST inform stakeholders risk decision-making?
A risk practitioner has just learned about new malware that has severely impacted industry peers worldwide data loss?
Which of the following is PRIMARILY a risk management responsibly of the first line of defense?
Which of the following should an organization perform to forecast the effects of a disaster?
Which of the following is the BEST way to promote adherence to the risk tolerance level set by management?
During a control review, the control owner states that an existing control has deteriorated over time. What is the BEST recommendation to the control owner?
When developing risk treatment alternatives for a Business case, it is MOST helpful to show risk reduction based on:
Which of the following is a crucial component of a key risk indicator (KRI) to ensure appropriate action is taken to mitigate risk?
Which of the following resources is MOST helpful when creating a manageable set of IT risk scenarios?
When collecting information to identify IT-related risk, a risk practitioner should FIRST focus on IT:
Which of the following provides the BEST evidence that risk responses have been executed according to their risk action plans?
Which of the following risk register elements is MOST likely to be updated if the attack surface or exposure of an asset is reduced?
Which of the following observations would be GREATEST concern to a risk practitioner reviewing the implementation status of management action plans?
Which of the following activities should be performed FIRST when establishing IT risk management processes?
An organization has outsourced a critical process involving highly regulated data to a third party with servers located in a foreign country. Who is accountable for the confidentiality of this data?
Which of the following BEST contributes to the implementation of an effective risk response action plan?
Which of the following provides the MOST important information to facilitate a risk response decision?
Which of the following is MOST important to determine when assessing the potential risk exposure of a loss event involving personal data?
Read" rights to application files in a controlled server environment should be approved by the:
Which of the following is the PRIMARY reason for conducting peer reviews of risk analysis?
Which of the following would prompt changes in key risk indicator {KRI) thresholds?
Which of the following would provide the MOST objective assessment of the effectiveness of an organization's security controls?
Which of the following is the BEST measure of the effectiveness of an employee deprovisioning process?
Which of the following would MOST likely result in updates to an IT risk appetite statement?
Which of the following is the GREATEST concern associated with the transmission of healthcare data across the internet?
Which of the following is MOST helpful in developing key risk indicator (KRl) thresholds?
A risk practitioner shares the results of a vulnerability assessment for a critical business application with the business manager. Which of the following is the NEXT step?
Which of the following is MOST essential for an effective change control environment?
A risk practitioner has learned that an effort to implement a risk mitigation action plan has stalled due to lack of funding. The risk practitioner should report that the associated risk has been:
Sensitive data has been lost after an employee inadvertently removed a file from the premises, in violation of organizational policy. Which of the following controls MOST likely failed?
Which of the following key risk indicators (KRIs) is MOST effective for monitoring risk related to a bring your own device (BYOD) program?
Which of the following is the BEST course of action when risk is found to be above the acceptable risk appetite?
Which of the following would be of GREATEST assistance when justifying investment in risk response strategies?
Which of the following requirements is MOST important to include in an outsourcing contract to help ensure sensitive data stored with a service provider is secure?
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TESTED 20 Apr 2024
