A risk practitioner has been notified of a social engineering attack using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to impersonate senior management personnel. Which of the following would BEST mitigate the impact of such attacks?
While reviewing an organization's monthly change management metrics, a risk practitioner notes that the number of emergency changes has increased substantially Which of the following would be the BEST approach for the risk practitioner to take?
Which of the following presents the GREATEST security risk associated with Internet of Things (IoT) technology?
Which of the following should be initiated when a high number of noncompliant conditions are observed during review of a control procedure?
An organization's senior management is considering whether to acquire cyber insurance. Which of the following is the BEST way for the risk practitioner to enable management’s decision?
Which of the following approaches BEST identifies information systems control deficiencies?
Improvements in the design and implementation of a control will MOST likely result in an update to:
The patch management process is MOST effectively monitored through which of the following key control indicators (KCIs)?
Which of the following is MOST important to determine when assessing the potential risk exposure of a loss event involving personal data?
Which of the following would present the GREATEST challenge for a risk practitioner during a merger of two organizations?
Which of the following BEST enables the identification of trends in risk levels?
Which of the following is necessary to enable an IT risk register to be consolidated with the rest of the organization’s risk register?
What should a risk practitioner do FIRST when vulnerability assessment results identify a weakness in an application?
Which of the following BEST protects an organization against breaches when using a software as a service (SaaS) application?
Which of the following BEST assists in justifying an investment in automated controls?
Which of the following provides the MOST useful information for developing key risk indicators (KRIs)?
To enable effective risk governance, it is MOST important for senior management to:
Which of the following provides the BEST evidence that a selected risk treatment plan is effective?
What should a risk practitioner do FIRST when a shadow IT application is identified in a business owner's business impact analysis (BIA)?
Which of the following should be the PRIMARY basis for deciding whether to disclose information related to risk events that impact external stakeholders?
Key risk indicators (KRIs) are MOST useful during which of the following risk management phases?
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?
When classifying and prioritizing risk responses, the areas to address FIRST are those with:
Which of the following BEST facilities the alignment of IT risk management with enterprise risk management (ERM)?
It is MOST important to the effectiveness of an IT risk management function that the associated processes are:
Which of the following is the MOST important component in a risk treatment plan?
What is the MOST important consideration when selecting key performance indicators (KPIs) for control monitoring?
Which of the following BEST facilitates the identification of appropriate key performance indicators (KPIs) for a risk management program?
Which of the following is the PRIMARY reason to conduct risk assessments at periodic intervals?
A risk practitioner is organizing risk awareness training for senior management. Which of the following is the MOST important topic to cover in the training session?
Which of the following should be the FIRST step when a company is made aware of new regulatory requirements impacting IT?
To reduce costs, an organization is combining the second and third tines of defense in a new department that reports to a recently appointed C-level executive. Which of the following is the GREATEST concern with this situation?
Which of the following is the MOST important enabler of effective risk management?
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?
Which of the following should be of GREATEST concern lo a risk practitioner reviewing the implementation of an emerging technology?
Calculation of the recovery time objective (RTO) is necessary to determine the:
If concurrent update transactions to an account are not processed properly, which of the following will MOST likely be affected?
A business manager wants to leverage an existing approved vendor solution from another area within the organization. Which of the following is the risk practitioner's BEST course of action?
Which of the following is a business asset for an organization that runs only in a Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud computing environment?
Which of the following provides the BEST measurement of an organization's risk management maturity level?
Which of the following would be a risk practitioner’s BEST recommendation upon learning of an updated cybersecurity regulation that could impact the organization?
The PRIMARY objective of collecting information and reviewing documentation when performing periodic risk analysis should be to:
Which of the following is MOST helpful to review when identifying risk scenarios associated with the adoption of Internet of Things (loT) technology in an organization?
What is a risk practitioner's BEST approach to monitor and measure how quickly an exposure to a specific risk can affect the organization?
What should be the PRIMARY driver for periodically reviewing and adjusting key risk indicators (KRIs)?
Which of the following is the MOST common concern associated with outsourcing to a service provider?
Which of the following would be the BEST way to help ensure the effectiveness of a data loss prevention (DLP) control that has been implemented to prevent the loss of credit card data?
Of the following, who is accountable for ensuing the effectiveness of a control to mitigate risk?
An information system for a key business operation is being moved from an in-house application to a Software as a Service (SaaS) vendor. Which of the following will have the GREATEST impact on the ability to monitor risk?
Which of the following should be the PRIMARY consideration when assessing the automation of control monitoring?
Which of the following BEST represents a critical threshold value for a key control indicator (KCI)?
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 of the following should be the PRIMARY basis for establishing a priority sequence when restoring business processes after a disruption?
Which of the following should be the PRIMARY objective of a risk awareness training program?
When reviewing management's IT control self-assessments, a risk practitioner noted an ineffective control that links to several low residual risk scenarios. What should be the NEXT course of action?
An organization is unable to implement a multi-factor authentication requirement until the next fiscal year due to budget constraints. Consequently, a policy exception must be submitted. Which of the following is MOST important to include in the analysis of the exception?
Establishing and organizational code of conduct is an example of which type of control?
An organization recently experienced a cyber attack that resulted in the loss of confidential customer data. Which of the following is the risk practitioner's BEST recommendation after recovery steps have been completed?
Which of the following risk register updates is MOST important for senior management to review?
A risk practitioner has collaborated with subject matter experts from the IT department to develop a large list of potential key risk indicators (KRIs) for all IT operations within theorganization of the following, who should review the completed list and select the appropriate KRIs for implementation?
Which of the following is the PRIMARY objective of aggregating the impact of IT risk scenarios and reflecting the results in the enterprise risk register?
An organization has established a single enterprise-wide risk register that records high-level risk scenarios. The IT risk department has created its own register to record more granular scenarios applicable to IT. Which of the following is the BEST way to ensure alignment between these two registers?
Which of the following is the GREATEST risk associated with inappropriate classification of data?
A newly incorporated enterprise needs to secure its information assets From a governance perspective which of the following should be done FIRST?
An IT risk practitioner has been tasked to engage key stakeholders to assess risk for key IT risk scenarios. Which of the following is the PRIMARY benefit of this activity?
Which of the following is the BEST criterion to determine whether higher residual risk ratings in the risk register should be accepted?
Which of the following would BEST help an enterprise define and communicate its risk appetite?
Which of the following scenarios is MOST important to communicate to senior management?
Which of the following BEST informs decision-makers about the value of a notice and consent control for the collection of personal information?
An organization has an internal control that requires all access for employees be removed within 15 days of their termination date. Which of the following should the risk practitioner use to monitor
adherence to the 15-day threshold?
Which of the following BEST enforces access control for an organization that uses multiple cloud technologies?
Which of the following is the MOST important for an organization to have in place to ensure IT asset protection?
Which of the following would BEST enable a risk practitioner to embed risk management within the organization?
An organization is adopting block chain for a new financial system. Which of the following should be the GREATEST concern for a risk practitioner evaluating the system's production readiness?
Which of the following is the MOST important consideration when selecting key risk indicators (KRIs) to monitor risk trends over time?
The design of procedures to prevent fraudulent transactions within an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system should be based on:
Which of the following is MOST important to include when reporting the effectiveness of risk management to senior management?
Which of the following is the PRIMARY reason for conducting peer reviews of risk analysis?
An organization planning to transfer and store its customer data with an offshore cloud service provider should be PRIMARILY concerned with:
Which of the following is the BEST indication of a mature organizational risk culture?
A highly regulated enterprise is developing a new risk management plan to specifically address legal and regulatory risk scenarios What should be done FIRST by IT governance to support this effort?
Senior management wants to increase investment in the organization's cybersecurity program in response to changes in the external threat landscape. Which of the following would BEST help to prioritize investment efforts?
Which of the following issues found during the review of a newly created disaster recovery plan (DRP) should be of MOST concern?
Which of the following would MOST likely cause management to unknowingly accept excessive risk?
Which of the following is MOST helpful to management when determining the resources needed to mitigate a risk?
When of the following standard operating procedure (SOP) statements BEST illustrates appropriate risk register maintenance?
An organization recently implemented an automated interface for uploading payment files to its banking system to replace manual processing. Which of the following elements of the risk register is MOST appropriate for the risk practitioner to update to reflect the improved control?
A multinational company needs to implement a new centralized security system. The risk practitioner has identified a conflict between the organization's data-handling policy and local privacy regulations. Which of the following would be the BEST recommendation?
The BEST way to test the operational effectiveness of a data backup procedure is to:
Which of the following techniques is MOST helpful when quantifying the potential loss impact of cyber risk?
Which of the following would BEST facilitate the maintenance of data classification requirements?
Which of the following is the MOST important element of a successful risk awareness training program?
Who should be responsible for approving the cost of controls to be implemented for mitigating risk?
Which of the following risk scenarios would be the GREATEST concern as a result of a single sign-on implementation?
While reviewing a contract of a cloud services vendor, it was discovered that the vendor refuses to accept liability for a sensitive data breach. Which of the following controls will BES reduce the risk associated with such a data breach?
Which of the following provides the MOST useful information to determine risk exposure following control implementations?
Which of the following provides the BEST evidence that robust risk management practices are in place within an organization?
Which of the following outcomes of disaster recovery planning is MOST important to enable the initiation of necessary actions during a disaster?
Senior management has asked a risk practitioner to develop technical risk scenarios related to a recently developed enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. These scenarios will be owned by the system manager. Which of the following would be the BEST method to use when developing the scenarios?
From a business perspective, which of the following is the MOST important objective of a disaster recovery test?
Which of the following is the PRIMARY reason for a risk practitioner to report changes and trends in the IT risk profile to senior management?
Which of the following would BEST mitigate the risk associated with reputational damage from inappropriate use of social media sites by employees?
Which of the following is the MOST effective way to help ensure future risk levels do not exceed the organization's risk appetite?
Which of the following changes would be reflected in an organization's risk profile after the failure of a critical patch implementation?
A risk practitioner is involved in a comprehensive overhaul of the organizational risk management program. Which of the following should be reviewed FIRST to help identify relevant IT risk scenarios?
Which of the following is MOST important information to review when developing plans for using emerging technologies?
What should be the PRIMARY objective for a risk practitioner performing a post-implementation review of an IT risk mitigation project?
Within the risk management space, which of the following activities could be
delegated to a cloud service provider?
A control owner responsible for the access management process has developed a machine learning model to automatically identify excessive access privileges. What is the risk practitioner's BEST course of action?
Which of the following BEST indicates that an organization's disaster recovery plan (DRP) will mitigate the risk of the organization failing to recover from a major service disruption?
Which of the following is the MOST important input when developing risk scenarios?
Which of the following is the BEST approach for determining whether a risk action plan is effective?
Changes in which of the following would MOST likely cause a risk practitioner to adjust the risk impact rating in the risk register?
Which of the following is the GREATEST concern when using a generic set of IT risk scenarios for risk analysis?
When determining the accuracy of a key risk indicator (KRI), it is MOST important that the indicator:
A service organization is preparing to adopt an IT control framework to comply with the contractual requirements of a new client. Which of the following would be MOST helpful to the risk practitioner?
During the initial risk identification process for a business application, it is MOST important to include which of the following stakeholders?
Which of the following would be MOST beneficial as a key risk indicator (KRI)?
Owners of technical controls should be PRIMARILY accountable for ensuring the controls are:
Within the three lines of defense model, the responsibility for managing risk and controls resides with:
Which of the following is a risk practitioner's MOST important course of action when the level of risk has exceeded risk tolerance?
A risk practitioner implemented a process to notify management of emergency changes that may not be approved. Which of the following is the BEST way to provide this information to management?
An organization has outsourced its billing function to an external service provider. Who should own the risk of customer data leakage caused by the service provider?
Which of the following would be a risk practitioner's MOST important action upon learning that an IT control has failed?
Which of the following is the GREATEST concern associated with redundant data in an organization's inventory system?
Which of the following BEST supports the integration of IT risk management into an organization's strategic planning?
When establishing leading indicators for the information security incident response process it is MOST important to consider the percentage of reported incidents:
An IT department has organized training sessions to improve user awareness of organizational information security policies. Which of the following is the BEST key performance indicator (KPI) to reflect effectiveness of the training?
Which of the following is a risk practitioner's BEST recommendation to address an organization's need to secure multiple systems with limited IT resources?
Which of the following BEST confirms the existence and operating effectiveness of information systems controls?
A global company s business continuity plan (BCP) requires the transfer of its customer information….
event of a disaster. Which of the following should be the MOST important risk consideration?
The MOST important reason to aggregate results from multiple risk assessments on interdependent information systems is to:
Which of the following should be the PRIMARY focus of an IT risk awareness program?
Of the following, who is responsible for approval when a change in an application system is ready for release to production?
Which of the following presents the GREATEST privacy risk related to personal data processing for a global organization?
Which of the following would be MOST helpful to a risk owner when making risk-aware decisions?
While evaluating control costs, management discovers that the annual cost exceeds the annual loss expectancy (ALE) of the risk. This indicates the:
The BEST indication that risk management is effective is when risk has been reduced to meet:
Which of the following is the PRIMARY risk management responsibility of the third line of defense?
Which of the following would be MOST helpful to an information security management team when allocating resources to mitigate exposures?
Of the following, whose input is ESSENTIAL when developing risk scenarios for the implementation of a third-party mobile application that stores customer data?
Who is accountable for the process when an IT stakeholder operates a key control to address a risk scenario?
A global organization is considering the transfer of its customer information systems to an overseas cloud service provider in the event of a disaster. Which of the following should be the MOST important risk consideration?
The BEST reason to classify IT assets during a risk assessment is to determine the:
Which of the following emerging technologies is frequently used for botnet distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks?
To ensure key risk indicators (KRIs) are effective and meaningful, the KRIs should be aligned to:
Which of the following s MOST likely to deter an employee from engaging in inappropriate use of company owned IT systems?
Of the following, who is BEST suited to assist a risk practitioner in developing a relevant set of risk scenarios?
The PRIMARY reason to have risk owners assigned to entries in the risk register is to ensure:
What are the MOST important criteria to consider when developing a data classification scheme to facilitate risk assessment and the prioritization of risk mitigation activities?
Which of the following is MOST important to consider when determining risk appetite?
Using key risk indicators (KRIs) to illustrate changes in the risk profile PRIMARILY helps to:
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'
Which of the following should be the MOST important consideration when performing a vendor risk assessment?
Which of the following is MOST important to communicate to senior management during the initial implementation of a risk management program?
Which of the following is the BEST indication of the effectiveness of a business continuity program?
Which of the following is the MOST important factor to consider when determining whether to approve a policy exception request?
The MOST essential content to include in an IT risk awareness program is how to:
Which of the following is the MOST important objective of establishing an enterprise risk management (ERM) function within an organization?
Which of the following BEST helps to identify significant events that could impact an organization?
Which of the following should be the PRIMARY consideration for a startup organization that has decided to adopt externally-sourced security policies?
Which of the following should be the PRIMARY focus of a disaster recovery management (DRM) framework and related processes?
Which of the following is MOST important for an organization that wants to reduce IT operational risk?
Which of the following proposed benefits is MOST likely to influence senior management approval to reallocate budget for a new security initiative?
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 is the MOST important reason to link an effective key control indicator (KCI) to relevant key risk indicators (KRIs)?
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.
During the control evaluation phase of a risk assessment, it is noted that multiple controls are ineffective. Which of the following should be the risk practitioner's FIRST course of action?
A company has recently acquired a customer relationship management (CRM) application from a certified software vendor. Which of the following will BE ST help lo prevent technical vulnerabilities from being exploded?
Which of the following would provide the MOST comprehensive information for updating an organization's risk register?
Which of the following should be the PRIMARY input to determine risk tolerance?
The MOST important reason to monitor key risk indicators (KRIs) is to help management:
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 the following should be the risk practitioner s PRIMARY focus when determining whether controls are adequate to mitigate risk?
Which of the following is MOST helpful in aligning IT risk with business objectives?
An organization is planning to engage a cloud-based service provider for some of its data-intensive business processes. Which of the following is MOST important to help define the IT risk associated with this outsourcing activity?
Who is MOST important lo include in the assessment of existing IT risk scenarios?
When developing a risk awareness training program, which of the following training topics would BEST facilitate a thorough understanding of risk scenarios?
What should be the PRIMARY consideration related to data privacy protection when there are plans for a business initiative to make use of personal information?
Which of the following is MOST likely to introduce risk for financial institutions that use blockchain?
it was determined that replication of a critical database used by two business units failed. Which of the following should be of GREATEST concern1?
Which of the following is the MOST effective way to incorporate stakeholder concerns when developing risk scenarios?
Which of the following is BEST used to aggregate data from multiple systems to identify abnormal behavior?
Which of the following is the GREATEST benefit when enterprise risk management (ERM) provides oversight of IT risk management?
Which of the following activities is PRIMARILY the responsibility of senior management?
A risk practitioner is organizing a training session lo communicate risk assessment methodologies to ensure a consistent risk view within the organization Which of the following i< the MOST important topic to cover in this training?
Which of the following is the BEST approach to mitigate the risk associated with outsourcing network management to an external vendor who will have access to sensitive information assets?
Which of the following BEST mitigates the risk associated with inadvertent data leakage by users who work remotely?
Which of the following should be the PRIMARY focus of an independent review of a risk management process?
To help ensure all applicable risk scenarios are incorporated into the risk register, it is MOST important to review the:
Which of the following activities should be performed FIRST when establishing IT risk management processes?
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:
It is MOST appropriate for changes to be promoted to production after they are:
Which of the following would provide executive management with the BEST information to make risk decisions as a result of a risk assessment?
Which of the following should be the PRIMARY concern when changes to firewall rules do not follow change management requirements?
Which of the following should be the PRIMARY basis for prioritizing risk responses?
Which of the following will provide the BEST measure of compliance with IT policies?
Which of the following is MOST likely to cause a key risk indicator (KRI) to exceed thresholds?
Which of the following would BEST ensure that identified risk scenarios are addressed?
Which of the following is the GREATEST risk associated with an environment that lacks documentation of the architecture?
Which of the following is the GREATEST concern related to the monitoring of key risk indicators (KRIs)?
The analysis of which of the following will BEST help validate whether suspicious network activity is malicious?
Which of the following is the GREATEST benefit for an organization with a strong risk awareness culture?
Which of the following is of GREATEST concern when uncontrolled changes are made to the control environment?
Key control indicators (KCls) help to assess the effectiveness of the internal control environment PRIMARILY by:
Which component of a software inventory BEST enables the identification and mitigation of known vulnerabilities?
An organization is considering modifying its system to enable acceptance of credit card payments. To reduce the risk of data exposure, which of the following should the organization do FIRST?
During which phase of the system development life cycle (SDLC) should information security requirements for the implementation of a new IT system be defined?
During a risk assessment of a financial institution, a risk practitioner discovers that tellers can initiate and approve transactions of significant value. This team is also responsible for ensuring transactions are recorded and balances are reconciled by the end of the day. Which of the following is the risk practitioner's BEST recommendation to mitigate the associated risk?
Which of the following provides the MOST useful information to senior management about risk mitigation status?
Which of the following would be MOST helpful when communicating roles associated with the IT risk management process?
An organization is planning to acquire a new financial system. Which of the following stakeholders would provide the MOST relevant information for analyzing the risk associated with the new IT solution?
Which of the following methods is the BEST way to measure the effectiveness of automated information security controls prior to going live?
Upon learning that the number of failed backup attempts continually exceeds
the current risk threshold, the risk practitioner should:
A control owner identifies that the organization's shared drive contains personally identifiable information (Pll) that can be accessed by all personnel. Which of the following is the MOST effective risk response?
An organization has recently hired a large number of part-time employees. During the annual audit, it was discovered that many user IDs and passwords were documented in procedure manuals for use by the part-time employees. Which of the following BEST describes this situation?
If preventive controls cannot be Implemented due to technology limitations, which of the following should be done FIRST to reduce risk7
Who is accountable for authorizing application access in a cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) solution?
Who should be accountable for monitoring the control environment to ensure controls are effective?
A recent risk workshop has identified risk owners and responses for newly identified risk scenarios. Which of the following should be the risk practitioner s NEXT step? r
From a risk management perspective, which of the following is the PRIMARY purpose of conducting a root cause analysis following an incident?
Which of the following resources is MOST helpful to a risk practitioner when updating the likelihood rating in the risk register?
Which of the following would provide the MOST useful information to a risk owner when reviewing the progress of risk mitigation?
Which of the following is the BEST indication of an enhanced risk-aware culture?
An organization has outsourced its customer management database to an external service provider. Of the following, who should be accountable for ensuring customer data privacy?
Implementing which of the following will BEST help ensure that systems comply with an established baseline before deployment?
The implementation of a risk treatment plan will exceed the resources originally allocated for the risk response. Which of the following should be the risk owner's NEXT action?
A risk practitioner is performing a risk assessment of recent external advancements in quantum computing. Which of the following would pose the GREATEST concern for the risk practitioner?
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 important when identifying an organization's risk exposure associated with Internet of Things (loT) devices?
Which of the following is the PRIMARY benefit when senior management periodically reviews and updates risk appetite and tolerance levels?
Which of the following is the MOST important consideration when sharing risk management updates with executive management?
Which of the following is MOST important to have in place to ensure the effectiveness of risk and security metrics reporting?
Which of the following should be of GREATEST concern to a risk practitioner when determining the effectiveness of IT controls?
For a large software development project, risk assessments are MOST effective when performed:
Which of the following helps ensure compliance with a nonrepudiation policy requirement for electronic transactions?
Participants in a risk workshop have become focused on the financial cost to mitigate risk rather than choosing the most appropriate response. Which of the following is the BEST way to address this type of issue in the long term?
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?
It is MOST important for a risk practitioner to have an awareness of an organization s processes in order to:
Which of the following provides the MOST helpful reference point when communicating the results of a risk assessment to stakeholders?
Which of the following issues should be of GREATEST concern when evaluating existing controls during a risk assessment?
Which of the following BEST indicates the effectiveness of anti-malware software?
An enterprise has taken delivery of software patches that address vulnerabilities in its core business software. Prior to implementation, which of the following is the MOST important task to be performed?
Which key performance indicator (KPI) BEST measures the effectiveness of an organization's disaster recovery program?
An organization is concerned that a change in its market situation may impact the current level of acceptable risk for senior management. As a result, which of the following is MOST important to reevaluate?
Which of the following is the BEST way to manage the risk associated with malicious activities performed by database administrators (DBAs)?
Which of the following would BEST provide early warning of a high-risk condition?
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?
An organization's capability to implement a risk management framework is PRIMARILY influenced by the:
Which of the following is a risk practitioner's BEST course of action if a risk assessment identifies a risk that is extremely unlikely but would have a severe impact should it occur?
Which of the following will be the GREATEST concern when assessing the risk profile of an organization?
An organization has determined that risk is not being adequately tracked and
managed due to a distributed operating model. Which of the following is the
BEST way to address this issue?
Which of the following is the BEST way to determine the value of information assets for risk management purposes?
Following the implementation of an Internet of Things (loT) solution, a risk practitioner identifies new risk factors with impact to existing controls. Which of the following is MOST important to include in a report to stakeholders?
Which of the following will BEST communicate the importance of risk mitigation initiatives to senior management?
A risk heat map is MOST commonly used as part of an IT risk analysis to facilitate risk:
A large organization recently restructured the IT department and has decided to outsource certain functions. What action should the control owners in the IT department take?
Which of the following is the BEST way to prevent the loss of highly sensitive data when disposing of storage media?
Which of the following is the MOST important characteristic of an effective risk management program?
The risk associated with an asset after controls are applied can be expressed as:
Which of the following BEST indicates the efficiency of a process for granting access privileges?
Reviewing which of the following BEST helps an organization gam insight into its overall risk profile''
Which of the following will be MOST effective in uniquely identifying the originator of electronic transactions?
Which of the following scenarios presents the GREATEST risk of noncompliance with data privacy best practices?
A risk practitioner is MOST likely to use a SWOT analysis to assist with which risk process?
An application runs a scheduled job that compiles financial data from multiple business systems and updates the financial reporting system. If this job runs too long, it can delay financial reporting. Which of the following is the risk practitioner's BEST recommendation?
A risk manager has determined there is excessive risk with a particular technology. Who is the BEST person to own the unmitigated risk of the technology?
Which of the following is MOST helpful in verifying that the implementation of a risk mitigation control has been completed as intended?
A risk practitioner is performing a risk assessment of recent external advancements in quantum computing. Which of the following would pose the GREATEST concern for the risk practitioner?
What is the MOST important consideration when aligning IT risk management with the enterprise risk management (ERM) framework?
Which of the following controls are BEST strengthened by a clear organizational code of ethics?
To implement the MOST effective monitoring of key risk indicators (KRIs), which of the following needs to be in place?
An organization is planning to move its application infrastructure from on-premises to the cloud. Which of the following is the BEST course of the actin to address the risk associated with data transfer if the relationship is terminated with the vendor?
The BEST key performance indicator (KPI) to measure the effectiveness of a vulnerability remediation program is the number of:
Which of the following is MOST helpful in providing a high-level overview of current IT risk severity*?
The BEST way to justify the risk mitigation actions recommended in a risk assessment would be to:
Which of the following potential scenarios associated with the implementation of a new database technology presents the GREATEST risk to an organization?
Which of the following is the BEST way for a risk practitioner to verify that management has addressed control issues identified during a previous external audit?
Which of the following should be a risk practitioner's NEXT step upon learning the impact of an organization's noncompliance with a specific legal regulation?
Which of the following provides the BEST evidence of the effectiveness of an organization's account provisioning process?
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?
Which of the following provides the MOST reliable evidence to support conclusions after completing an information systems controls assessment?
The BEST key performance indicator (KPI) to measure the effectiveness of the security patching process is the percentage of patches installed:
Which of the following is the FIRST step when conducting a business impact analysis (BIA)?
An IT license audit has revealed that there are several unlicensed copies of co be to:
An internally developed payroll application leverages Platform as a Service (PaaS) infrastructure from the cloud. Who owns the related data confidentiality risk?
After entering a large number of low-risk scenarios into the risk register, it is MOST important for the risk practitioner to:
A business delegates its application data management to the internal IT team. Which of the following is the role of the internal IT team in this situation?
Which of the following BEST measures the impact of business interruptions caused by an IT service outage?
Which of the following should be done FIRST when developing an initial set of risk scenarios for an organization?
Which of the following activities is a responsibility of the second line of defense?
Which of the following is the BEST key performance indicator (KPI) to measure the effectiveness of a disaster recovery test of critical business processes?
A new software package that could help mitigate risk in an organization has become available. Which of the following is the risk practitioner's BEST course of action?
Which of the following resources is MOST helpful when creating a manageable set of IT risk scenarios?
Which of the following should be the FIRST course of action if the risk associated with a new technology is found to be increasing?
A new regulator/ requirement imposes severe fines for data leakage involving customers' personally identifiable information (Pll). The risk practitioner has recommended avoiding the risk. Which of the following actions would BEST align with this recommendation?
To communicate the risk associated with IT in business terms, which of the following MUST be defined?
An audit reveals that several terminated employee accounts maintain access. Which of the following should be the FIRST step to address the risk?
In a public company, which group is PRIMARILY accountable for ensuring sufficient attention and resources are applied to the risk management process?
An organization wants to transfer risk by purchasing cyber insurance. Which of the following would be MOST important for the risk practitioner to communicate to senior management for contract negotiation purposes?
Which of the following is MOST important for a multinational organization to consider when developing its security policies and standards?
Which of the following provides the MOST up-to-date information about the effectiveness of an organization's overall IT control environment?
Which of the following is the MOST important reason to revisit a previously accepted risk?
Which of the following is the BEST Key control indicator KCO to monitor the effectiveness of patch management?
Which of the following should be done FIRST upon learning that the organization will be affected by a new regulation in its industry?
A bank recently incorporated Blockchain technology with the potential to impact known risk within the organization. Which of the following is the risk practitioner’s BEST course of action?
Controls should be defined during the design phase of system development because:
Which of the following BEST enables a proactive approach to minimizing the potential impact of unauthorized data disclosure?
Which of the following would be a risk practitioner’s GREATEST concern related to the monitoring of key risk indicators (KRIs)?
Which of the following presents the GREATEST risk to change control in business application development over the complete life cycle?
A control for mitigating risk in a key business area cannot be implemented immediately. Which of the following is the risk practitioner's BEST course of action when a compensating control needs to be applied?
Which of the following IT controls is MOST useful in mitigating the risk associated with inaccurate data?
Which of the following BEST balances the costs and benefits of managing IT risk*?
The risk associated with data loss from a website which contains sensitive customer information is BEST owned by:
Which of the following controls would BEST reduce the likelihood of a successful network attack through social engineering?
What is the GREATEST concern with maintaining decentralized risk registers instead of a consolidated risk register?
Which of the following BEST provides an early warning that network access of terminated employees is not being revoked in accordance with the service level agreement (SLA)?
Which of the following will BEST help in communicating strategic risk priorities?
Which of the following is MOST important to update following a change in organizational risk appetite and tolerance?
Employees are repeatedly seen holding the door open for others, so that trailing employees do not have to stop and swipe their own ID badges. This behavior BEST represents:
An organization wants to launch a campaign to advertise a new product Using data analytics, the campaign can be targeted to reach potential customers. Which of the following should be of GREATEST concern to the risk practitioner?
An organization has decided to commit to a business activity with the knowledge that the risk exposure is higher than the risk appetite. Which of the following is the risk practitioner's MOST important action related to this decision?
Which element of an organization's risk register is MOST important to update following the commissioning of a new financial reporting system?
An organization is reviewing a contract for a Software as a Service (SaaS) sales application with a 99.9% uptime service level agreement (SLA). Which of the following BEST describes ownership of availability risk?
The PRIMARY objective of testing the effectiveness of a new control before implementation is to:
What information is MOST helpful to asset owners when classifying organizational assets for risk assessment?
A risk practitioner is preparing a report to communicate changes in the risk and control environment. The BEST way to engage stakeholder attention is to:
Which of the following is the MOST important benefit of reporting risk assessment results to senior management?
Which of the following is MOST important to understand when developing key risk indicators (KRIs)?
Which of the following BEST reduces the likelihood of fraudulent activity that occurs through use of a digital wallet?
Which of the following would MOST effectively reduce the potential for inappropriate exposure of vulnerabilities documented in an organization's risk register?
A bank recently incorporated blockchain technology with the potential to impact known risk within the organization. Which of the following is the risk practitioner's BEST course of action?
A risk practitioner has reviewed new international regulations and realizes the new regulations will affect the organization. Which of the following should be the risk practitioner's NEXT course of
action?
An organization plans to implement a new Software as a Service (SaaS) speech-to-text solution Which of the following is MOST important to mitigate risk associated with data privacy?
Which risk response strategy could management apply to both positive and negative risk that has been identified?
Which of the following is the MOST important consideration when selecting digital signature software?
During an organization's simulated phishing email campaign, which of the following is the BEST indicator of a mature security awareness program?
A risk practitioner's BEST guidance to help an organization develop relevant risk scenarios is to ensure the scenarios are:
A risk heat map is MOST commonly used as part of an IT risk analysis to facilitate risk:
Which of the following will help ensure the elective decision-making of an IT risk management committee?
Read" rights to application files in a controlled server environment should be approved by the:
Which of the following is the MOST critical consideration when awarding a project to a third-party service provider whose servers are located offshore?
A multinational organization is considering implementing standard background checks to' all new employees A KEY concern regarding this approach
Which of the following is a drawback in the use of quantitative risk analysis?
Which of the following is the BEST approach for performing a business impact analysis (BIA) of a supply-chain management application?
An assessment of information security controls has identified ineffective controls. Which of the following should be the risk practitioner's FIRST course of action?
After the implementation of internal of Things (IoT) devices, new risk scenarios were identified. What is the PRIMARY reason to report this information to risk owners?
Which of the following provides the BEST indication that existing controls are effective?
Which of the following is the BEST way to assess the effectiveness of an access management process?
When establishing an enterprise IT risk management program, it is MOST important to:
Which of the following is the PRIMARY benefit of implementing key control indicators (KCIs)?
When developing a new risk register, a risk practitioner should focus on which of the following risk management activities?
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?
Which of the following is the BEST key performance indicator (KPI) for determining how well an IT policy is aligned to business requirements?
An unauthorized individual has socially engineered entry into an organization's secured physical premises. Which of the following is the BEST way to prevent future occurrences?
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:
Which of the following is the MOST appropriate key risk indicator (KRI) for backup media that is recycled monthly?
When assigning control ownership, it is MOST important to verify that the owner has accountability for:
When defining thresholds for control key performance indicators (KPIs). it is MOST helpful to align:
An organization has contracted with a cloud service provider to support the deployment of a new product. Of the following, who should own the associated risk?
Which of the following should be included in a risk scenario to be used for risk analysis?
Which of the following is the STRONGEST indication an organization has ethics management issues?
Which of the following would provide the BEST evidence of an effective internal control environment/?
Which of the following is the BEST indicator of executive management's support for IT risk mitigation efforts?
An organization has opened a subsidiary in a foreign country. Which of the following would be the BEST way to measure the effectiveness of the subsidiary's IT systems controls?
Which of the following should be the HIGHEST priority when developing a risk response?
What should a risk practitioner do FIRST upon learning a risk treatment owner has implemented a different control than what was specified in the IT risk action plan?
Which of the following BEST prevents control gaps in the Zero Trust model when implementing in the environment?
To enable effective integration of IT risk scenarios and enterprise risk management (ERM), it is MOST important to have a consistent approach to reporting:
After mapping generic risk scenarios to organizational security policies, the NEXT course of action should be to:
An organization's decision to remain noncompliant with certain laws or regulations is MOST likely influenced by:
Which of the following provides the MOST helpful information in identifying risk in an organization?
Which of the following is MOST helpful to facilitate the decision of recovery priorities in a disaster situation?
An organization is developing a risk universe to create a holistic view of its overall risk profile. Which of the following is the GREATEST barrier to achieving the initiative's objectives?
What is MOST important for the risk practitioner to understand when creating an initial IT risk register?
Which of the following practices would be MOST effective in protecting personality identifiable information (Ptl) from unauthorized access m a cloud environment?
Which of the following is the MOST significant indicator of the need to perform a penetration test?
What is the MAIN benefit of using a top-down approach to develop risk scenarios?
Which of the following is the GREATEST concern if user acceptance testing (UAT) is not conducted when implementing a new application?
Which of the following is the MOST important course of action for a risk practitioner when reviewing the results of control performance monitoring?
A risk owner has accepted a high-impact risk because the control was adversely affecting process efficiency. Before updating the risk register, it is MOST important for the risk practitioner to:
A business impact analysis (BIA) enables an organization to determine appropriate IT risk mitigation actions by:
Which of the following is the BEST way to identify changes to the risk landscape?
Which of the following is MOST important to consider when determining the risk associated with re-identification of obfuscated personal data?
During the internal review of an accounts payable process, a risk practitioner determines that the transaction approval limits configured in the system are not being enforced. Which of the following should be done NEXT?
After the review of a risk record, internal audit questioned why the risk was lowered from medium to low. Which of the following is the BEST course of action in responding to this inquiry?
Which of the following BEST mitigates the risk of sensitive personal data leakage from a software development environment?
Which of the following is the MOST important reason for a risk practitioner to identify stakeholders for each IT risk scenario?
Which of the following is a risk practitioner's BEST course of action upon learning that regulatory authorities have concerns with an emerging technology the organization is considering?
Winch of the following can be concluded by analyzing the latest vulnerability report for the it infrastructure?
Which of the following should a risk practitioner review FIRST when evaluating risk events associated with the organization's data flow model?
During a routine check, a system administrator identifies unusual activity indicating an intruder within a firewall. Which of the following controls has MOST likely been compromised?
A key performance indicator (KPI) shows that a process is operating inefficiently, even though no control issues were noted during the most recent risk assessment. Which of the following should be done FIRST?
Which of the following would be the BEST recommendation if the level of risk in the IT risk profile has decreased and is now below management's risk appetite?
Which of the following practices MOST effectively safeguards the processing of personal data?
Which of the following is MOST important requirement to include in a Software as a Service (SaaS) vendor contract to ensure data is protected?
An organization’s board of directors is concerned about recent data breaches in the news and wants to assess its exposure to similar scenarios. Which of the following is the BEST course of action?
An IT organization is replacing the customer relationship management (CRM) system. Who should own the risk associated with customer data leakage caused by insufficient IT security controls for the new system?
Which of the following is the MOST useful information for a risk practitioner when planning response activities after risk identification?
Which of the following is the GREATEST concern when using artificial intelligence (AI) language models?
When a high number of approved exceptions are observed during a review of a control procedure, an organization should FIRST initiate a review of the:
The BEST way to mitigate the high cost of retrieving electronic evidence associated with potential litigation is to implement policies and procedures for:
Warning banners on login screens for laptops provided by an organization to its employees are an example of which type of control?
IT management has asked for a consolidated view into the organization's risk profile to enable project prioritization and resource allocation. Which of the following materials would
be MOST helpful?
Which of the following would present the GREATEST challenge when assigning accountability for control ownership?
Which of the following would BEST assist in reconstructing the sequence of events following a security incident across multiple IT systems in the organization's network?
Which of the following is the BEST indicator of the effectiveness of a control action plan's implementation?
Which of the following is MOST important to consider when assessing the likelihood that a recently discovered software vulnerability will be exploited?
Which of the following should be the PRIMARY consideration when implementing controls for monitoring user activity logs?
An organization is considering allowing users to access company data from their personal devices. Which of the following is the MOST important factor when assessing the risk?
A risk practitioner has just learned about new malware that has severely impacted industry peers worldwide data loss?
Which of the following MUST be assessed before considering risk treatment options for a scenario with significant impact?
An organization maintains independent departmental risk registers that are not automatically aggregated. Which of the following is the GREATEST concern?
A vulnerability assessment of a vendor-supplied solution has revealed that the software is susceptible to cross-site scripting and SQL injection attacks. Which of the following will BEST mitigate this issue?
An organization has detected unauthorized logins to its client database servers. Which of the following should be of GREATEST concern?
An organization is analyzing the risk of shadow IT usage. Which of the following is the MOST important input into the assessment?
To minimize risk in a software development project, when is the BEST time to conduct a risk analysis?
Which of the following is the MOST useful information an organization can obtain from external sources about emerging threats?
An organization's IT team has proposed the adoption of cloud computing as a cost-saving measure for the business. Which of the following should be of GREATEST concern to the risk practitioner?
Which of the following would be MOST helpful when estimating the likelihood of negative events?
Which of the following would cause the GREATEST concern for a risk practitioner reviewing the IT risk scenarios recorded in an organization’s IT risk register?
Which of the following is the BEST indication that an organization's risk management program has not reached the desired maturity level?
Which of the following BEST mitigates the risk of violating privacy laws when transferring personal information lo a supplier?
Which of the following is the MOST appropriate key control indicator (KCI) to help an organization prevent successful cyber risk events on the external-facing infrastructure?
The MOST important measure of the effectiveness of risk management in project implementation is the percentage of projects:
From a risk management perspective, the PRIMARY objective of using maturity models is to enable:
An organization mandates the escalation of a service ticket when a key application is offline for 5 minutes or more due to potential risk exposure. The risk practitioner has been asked by management to prepare a report of application offline times using both 3- and 5-minute thresholds. What does the 3-minute threshold represent?
A business unit is implementing a data analytics platform to enhance its customer relationship management (CRM) system primarily to process data that has been provided by its customers. Which of the following presents the GREATEST risk to the organization's reputation?
Which of the following is MOST important to review when determining whether a potential IT service provider’s control environment is effective?
Which of the following should be considered FIRST when creating a comprehensive IT risk register?
A threat intelligence team has identified an indicator of compromise related to an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor. Which of the following is the risk practitioner's BEST course of action?
An organization recently invested in an identity and access management (IAM) solution to manage user activities across corporate mobile devices. Which of the following is MOST important to update in the risk register?
Which of the following is MOST helpful in providing an overview of an organization's risk management program?
Which of the following should be the MOST important consideration when determining controls necessary for a highly critical information system?
Reviewing historical risk events is MOST useful for which of the following processes within the risk management life cycle?
Which of the following is the MOST effective way to mitigate identified risk scenarios?
Which of the following is the MOST important information to cover a business continuity awareness Ira nine, program for all employees of the organization?
A recently purchased IT application does not meet project requirements. Of the following, who is accountable for the potential impact?
Which of the following is MOST important to determine as a result of a risk assessment?
An organization has decided to outsource a web application, and customer data will be stored in the vendor's public cloud. To protect customer data, it is MOST important to ensure which of the following?
A company has located its computer center on a moderate earthquake fault. Which of the following is the MOST important consideration when establishing a contingency plan and an alternate processing site?
Which of the following BEST indicates that additional or improved controls ate needed m the environment?
Which of the following would be the result of a significant increase in the motivation of a malicious threat actor?
Following an acquisition, the acquiring company's risk practitioner has been asked to update the organization's IT risk profile What is the MOST important information to review from the acquired company to facilitate this task?
When developing a risk awareness training program, which of the following is the BEST way to promote a risk-aware culture?
Which of the following is the MOST important consideration when prioritizing risk response?
Which types of controls are BEST used to minimize the risk associated with a vulnerability?
Which of the following would BEST help to ensure that suspicious network activity is identified?
Which key performance efficiency IKPI) BEST measures the effectiveness of an organization's disaster recovery program?
Which of the following controls BEST helps to ensure that transaction data reaches its destination?
Which of the following is the PRIMARY reason to have the risk management process reviewed by a third party?
The acceptance of control costs that exceed risk exposure is MOST likely an example of:
Which of the following is the PRIMARY reason for a risk practitioner to examine a post-implementation review report for a control automation tool?
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?
An organization becomes aware that IT security failed to detect a coordinated
cyber attack on its data center. Which of the following is the BEST course of
action?
Which of the following is the MOST important data source for monitoring key risk indicators (KRIs)?
A new policy has been published to forbid copying of data onto removable media. Which type of control has been implemented?
Which of the following is the PRIMARY reason for a risk practitioner to use global standards related to risk management?
An IT risk practitioner is evaluating an organization's change management controls over the last six months. The GREATEST concern would be an increase in:
Which of the following controls BEST enables an organization to ensure a complete and accurate IT asset inventory?
The PRIMARY objective for requiring an independent review of an organization's IT risk management process should be to:
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?
When a risk practitioner is determining a system's criticality. it is MOST helpful to review the associated:
When a risk practitioner is building a key risk indicator (KRI) from aggregated data, it is CRITICAL that the data is derived from:
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