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(ISC)2 Certified in Cybersecurity Exam Prep questions
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with accurate solutions
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Document specific requirements that a customer has about any aspect of a vendor's service
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performance.


A) DLR
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B) Contract
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C) SLR
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D) NDA - ✔✔C) SLR (Service-Level Requirements)
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_________ identifies and triages risks. - ✔✔Risk Assessment
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_________ are external forces that jeopardize security. - ✔✔Threats
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_________ are methods used by attackers. - ✔✔Threat Vectors
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_________ are the combination of a threat and a vulnerability. - ✔✔Risks
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We rank risks by _________ and _________. - ✔✔Likelihood and impact
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_________ use subjective ratings to evaluate risk likelihood and impact. - ✔✔Qualitative Risk
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Assessment


_________ use objective numeric ratings to evaluate risk likelihood and impact. -
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✔✔Quantitative Risk Assessment || ||

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_________ analyzes and implements possible responses to control risk. - ✔✔Risk Treatment
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_________ changes business practices to make a risk irrelevant. - ✔✔Risk Avoidance
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_________ reduces the likelihood or impact of a risk. - ✔✔Risk Mitigation
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An organization's _________ is the set of risks that it faces. - ✔✔Risk Profile
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_________ Initial Risk of an organization. - ✔✔Inherent Risk
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_________ Risk that remains in an organization after controls. - ✔✔Residual Risk
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_________ is the level of risk an organization is willing to accept. - ✔✔Risk Tolerance
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_________ reduce the likelihood or impact of a risk and help identify issues. - ✔✔Security
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Controls


_________ stop a security issue from occurring. - ✔✔Preventive Control
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_________ identify security issues requiring investigation. - ✔✔Detective Control
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_________ remediate security issues that have occurred. - ✔✔Recovery Control
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Hardening == Preventative - ✔✔Virus == Detective
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Backups == Recovery - ✔✔For exam (Local and Technical Controls are the same)
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_________ use technology to achieve control objectives. - ✔✔Technical Controls
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_________ use processes to achieve control objectives. - ✔✔Administrative Controls
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_________ impact the physical world. - ✔✔Physical Controls
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_________ tracks specific device settings. - ✔✔Configuration Management
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_________ provide a configuration snapshot. - ✔✔Baselines (track changes)
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_________ assigns numbers to each version. - ✔✔Versioning
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_________ serve as important configuration artifacts. - ✔✔Diagrams
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_________ and _________ help ensure a stable operating environment. - ✔✔Change and
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Configuration Management ||




Purchasing an insurance policy is an example of which risk management strategy? - ✔✔Risk
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Transference


What two factors are used to evaluate a risk? - ✔✔Likelihood and Impact
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What term best describes making a snapshot of a system or application at a point in time for later
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comparison? - ✔✔Baselining || ||




What type of security control is designed to stop a security issue from occurring in the first place?
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- ✔✔Preventive
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What term describes risks that originate inside the organization? - ✔✔Internal
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What four items belong to the security policy framework? - ✔✔Policies, Standards, Guidelines,
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Procedures


_________ describe an organization's security expectations. - ✔✔Policies (mandatory and
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approved at the highest level of an organization)
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_________ describe specific security controls and are often derived from policies. -
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✔✔Standards (mandatory) ||




_________ describe best practices. - ✔✔Guidelines (recommendations/advice and compliance is
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not mandatory)
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_________ step-by-step instructions. - ✔✔Procedures (not mandatory)
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_________ describe authorized uses of technology. - ✔✔Acceptable Use Policies (AUP)
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_________ describe how to protect sensitive information. - ✔✔Data Handling Policies
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_________ cover password security practices. - ✔✔Password Policies
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_________ cover use of personal devices with company information. - ✔✔Bring Your Own
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Device (BYOD) Policies
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_________ cover the use of personally identifiable information. - ✔✔Privacy Policies
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_________ cover the documentation, approval, and rollback of technology changes. - ✔✔Change
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Management Policies
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