SECURITY PROGRAM INTEGRATION PROFESSIONAL
CERTIFICATION (SPIPC)
What is the purpose of the asset assessment?
step of the risk management process? - ANSWER-• Identify assets
requiring protection and/or that are important to the organization and
to national security
• Identify undesirable events and expected impacts
• Prioritize assets based on consequences of loss
What is the purpose of the threat assessment
step of the risk management process? - ANSWER-• Determine threats
to identified assets
• Assess intent and capability of identified threats
• Assess current threat level for the identified assets
What is the purpose of the vulnerability
assessment step of the risk management
process? - ANSWER-• Identify existing countermeasures and their level
of effectiveness in reducing vulnerabilities
• Identify potential vulnerabilities related to identified assets and their
undesirable events
• Identify current vulnerability level for the identified assets that can be
exploited by the identified threats
What is the purpose of the risk assessment step of the risk
management process? - ANSWER-• Integrate information about the
impact of undesirable events (collected during the asset assessment
, step) and the likelihood of undesirable events (based on information
collected during the threat and vulnerability assessment steps) to
determine risks to identified assets
What is the purpose of the countermeasure determination step of the
risk management process? - ANSWER-• Identify potential
countermeasures to reduce vulnerability and/or threat and/or impact
• Identify countermeasure benefits in terms of risk reduction
• Identify countermeasure costs
• Conduct cost/benefit analysis
• Prioritize options and prepare recommendation for decision maker
What is the primary benefit of conducting the risk management
process? - ANSWER-• National-level security policy endorses a holistic
risk management approach, allowing decision makers to effectively
allocate resources that provide the necessary security to assets that
match the threat to those assets
What are the primary costs of conducting the risk management
process? - ANSWER-• Time and effort necessary to execute the five
steps of the risk management process
What are the potential challenges security practitioners may face when
enacting the risk management process? - ANSWER-• Availability of
information necessary to accurately determine the likelihood and
impact of undesirable events
CERTIFICATION (SPIPC)
What is the purpose of the asset assessment?
step of the risk management process? - ANSWER-• Identify assets
requiring protection and/or that are important to the organization and
to national security
• Identify undesirable events and expected impacts
• Prioritize assets based on consequences of loss
What is the purpose of the threat assessment
step of the risk management process? - ANSWER-• Determine threats
to identified assets
• Assess intent and capability of identified threats
• Assess current threat level for the identified assets
What is the purpose of the vulnerability
assessment step of the risk management
process? - ANSWER-• Identify existing countermeasures and their level
of effectiveness in reducing vulnerabilities
• Identify potential vulnerabilities related to identified assets and their
undesirable events
• Identify current vulnerability level for the identified assets that can be
exploited by the identified threats
What is the purpose of the risk assessment step of the risk
management process? - ANSWER-• Integrate information about the
impact of undesirable events (collected during the asset assessment
, step) and the likelihood of undesirable events (based on information
collected during the threat and vulnerability assessment steps) to
determine risks to identified assets
What is the purpose of the countermeasure determination step of the
risk management process? - ANSWER-• Identify potential
countermeasures to reduce vulnerability and/or threat and/or impact
• Identify countermeasure benefits in terms of risk reduction
• Identify countermeasure costs
• Conduct cost/benefit analysis
• Prioritize options and prepare recommendation for decision maker
What is the primary benefit of conducting the risk management
process? - ANSWER-• National-level security policy endorses a holistic
risk management approach, allowing decision makers to effectively
allocate resources that provide the necessary security to assets that
match the threat to those assets
What are the primary costs of conducting the risk management
process? - ANSWER-• Time and effort necessary to execute the five
steps of the risk management process
What are the potential challenges security practitioners may face when
enacting the risk management process? - ANSWER-• Availability of
information necessary to accurately determine the likelihood and
impact of undesirable events
