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SANS MGT514 Exam Questions And Answers
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Strategic planning (1:8) - Answer✔deep analysis and understanding of the state of business and
the threats faced by the organization
Value to the organization (1:8) - Answer✔develop your objectives based on the organization's
vision and mission, stake holder risk appetite and opportunities
Driving engagement (1:8) - Answer✔execute on the plan by navigating the internal values and
culture, developing a business case to get support and funding, and promoting your activities
Organizational Transformation (1:8) - Answer✔as a leader you must strive to lead, motivate,
and inspire your team members and colleagues to accomplish their goals of the overall strategic
planning process
Security planning - Need (1:11) - Answer✔requires an understanding of not only security
threats and capabilities but also a deep understanding of the business environment &
organizational goals.
Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (1:14) - Answer✔Shows the percentages of breaches
per threat action, i.e. Hacking, malware, social engineering
Understanding the business (1:29) - Answer✔1. Understand where you've been
2.Understand business Strategy
3.Understand macro factors that affect business 4.understand and develop relationships with
key stakeholders
Business Model (1:41) - Answer✔1. describes how you operate 2. generate revenue and make
profit 3. deliver value at a reasonable cost
Vertical Business Model (1:45) - Answer✔combines multiple steps in a value chain into one
organization e.g. development -> distro
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Horizontal Business model (1:45) - Answer✔focus on one area of the value chain e.g. Product
development
PFF -Porter's Five Forces (1:47) - Answer✔Developed by Micheal E Porter in 1979 who was an
authority on competitive strategy and economic development. Method used to develop
business strategy by understanding where power lies in a business situation
PFF - Power of Customers (1:47) - Answer✔Impact Customers have on your business. Force
Driven by the # of customers you have, their importance to your business, and cost of switching
them from you to another company
PFF - Substitute Products (1:48) - Answer✔The ability for your customer to find substitute
products or an easier way to do what you do
PFF - Power Of Suppliers (1:48) - Answer✔how easy is it for suppliers to influence and drive up
your prices. Uniqueness of their products, their strength/control of you
PFF - Threats of new entrants (1:48) - Answer✔how easy is it for people to join the market and
can they become a threat and compete with your company
PFF - Competitive Rivalry (1:48) - Answer✔Look at the competition and their capabilities. If no
one can do what you do, e.g. products/services, you will have tremendous strength
Strategic objectives (1:56) - Answer✔-Based on understanding the business model, strategy and
competitive forces
-Very high level and often vague
Strategy Maps (1:56) - Answer✔- Links high-level strategic objectives to specific projects,
initiatives
-Shows how to turn strategy into tangible outcomes
-highlights gaps in strategy implementation
-helps communicate strategy to entire organization
PEST Analysis (1:65) - Answer✔Management tool to identify external forces that impact a
particular market, industry, or country.
PEST Analysis - Why (1:66) - Answer✔Helps you understand macro trends of external
environment in which your company operates, and it provides an understanding of risks
associated with market growth or decline and your company's position and potential direction
PEST - P - Political (1:65,69,71) - Answer✔Government regulations and legal factors that affect
the business environment and trade market, and they will likely trickle down impact on your
company
PEST - E - Economic (1:65,74) - Answer✔The overall health of the economy and how these
factors influence companies, organizations, and their decisions.
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PEST - S - Social (1:65,78) - Answer✔Looks at cultural aspects of the market and how they affect
the demand for a company's products and/or services; customer needs and determine what
incents them to make purchases
PEST - T - Technological (1:65,81) - Answer✔How technology can either positively or negatively
impact a business and the products and/or services they provide. i.e. technology
advancements, life cycle of technologies, technology innovation
SMS - stakeholder management strategy(1:91) - Answer✔Technology deployment could impact
not only security, but also the enterprise. All stakeholders and impact need to be identified and
managed
SMS - Stakeholder(1:95) - Answer✔People or groups with a vested interest in the success of
your strategy and who will affect of be affected by your team's work.
SMS - Phase 1(1:98,99) - Answer✔Identifying stakeholders - hold a meeting with your team of
managers and staff to brainstorm who key stakeholders might be
SIPOC - Stakeholder ID Tool - Answer✔SIPOC (Suppliers, Inputs, Processes, Outputs, &
Customers)
SIPOC - Suppliers (1:102,112) - Answer✔Those people/groups who provide inputs
SIPOC - Inputs (1:102,111) - Answer✔key requirements needed for the process to work. Should
represent information/materials the suppliers provide to you.
SIPOC - Processes (1:102,106) - Answer✔defined series of activities;
SIPOC - Outputs (1:102,108) - Answer✔tangible results of the process steps.
SIPOC - Customers (1:102,110) - Answer✔recipients/users of the outputs produced at every
step in the process.
SMS - Phase 2 (1:114) - Answer✔Understanding Stakeholder motivation
SMS - Phase 2 - Step 1 (1:114) - Answer✔Understand stakeholders - meeting with them will
help you better understand what motivates them, what they want/need from you, what
interests they have in your work.
SMS - Phase 2 - Step 2 (1:114) - Answer✔Mapping Power and Interest - three levels of power
veto, vote, voice; Three levels of interest - High, medium, low
SMS - Phase 2 - Step 3 (1:114) - Answer✔Prioritize Stakeholders - High power/interested
people, high power/less interested people, Low power/interested people, Low power/less
interested people
SMS - Phase 3 (1:120) - Answer✔Manage relationships is critical to the success of every project
in every organization, so developing a relationship plan can help you manage your relationships
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SANS MGT514 Exam Questions And Answers
|Latest 2025 | Guaranteed Pass.
Strategic planning (1:8) - Answer✔deep analysis and understanding of the state of business and
the threats faced by the organization
Value to the organization (1:8) - Answer✔develop your objectives based on the organization's
vision and mission, stake holder risk appetite and opportunities
Driving engagement (1:8) - Answer✔execute on the plan by navigating the internal values and
culture, developing a business case to get support and funding, and promoting your activities
Organizational Transformation (1:8) - Answer✔as a leader you must strive to lead, motivate,
and inspire your team members and colleagues to accomplish their goals of the overall strategic
planning process
Security planning - Need (1:11) - Answer✔requires an understanding of not only security
threats and capabilities but also a deep understanding of the business environment &
organizational goals.
Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (1:14) - Answer✔Shows the percentages of breaches
per threat action, i.e. Hacking, malware, social engineering
Understanding the business (1:29) - Answer✔1. Understand where you've been
2.Understand business Strategy
3.Understand macro factors that affect business 4.understand and develop relationships with
key stakeholders
Business Model (1:41) - Answer✔1. describes how you operate 2. generate revenue and make
profit 3. deliver value at a reasonable cost
Vertical Business Model (1:45) - Answer✔combines multiple steps in a value chain into one
organization e.g. development -> distro
1
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Horizontal Business model (1:45) - Answer✔focus on one area of the value chain e.g. Product
development
PFF -Porter's Five Forces (1:47) - Answer✔Developed by Micheal E Porter in 1979 who was an
authority on competitive strategy and economic development. Method used to develop
business strategy by understanding where power lies in a business situation
PFF - Power of Customers (1:47) - Answer✔Impact Customers have on your business. Force
Driven by the # of customers you have, their importance to your business, and cost of switching
them from you to another company
PFF - Substitute Products (1:48) - Answer✔The ability for your customer to find substitute
products or an easier way to do what you do
PFF - Power Of Suppliers (1:48) - Answer✔how easy is it for suppliers to influence and drive up
your prices. Uniqueness of their products, their strength/control of you
PFF - Threats of new entrants (1:48) - Answer✔how easy is it for people to join the market and
can they become a threat and compete with your company
PFF - Competitive Rivalry (1:48) - Answer✔Look at the competition and their capabilities. If no
one can do what you do, e.g. products/services, you will have tremendous strength
Strategic objectives (1:56) - Answer✔-Based on understanding the business model, strategy and
competitive forces
-Very high level and often vague
Strategy Maps (1:56) - Answer✔- Links high-level strategic objectives to specific projects,
initiatives
-Shows how to turn strategy into tangible outcomes
-highlights gaps in strategy implementation
-helps communicate strategy to entire organization
PEST Analysis (1:65) - Answer✔Management tool to identify external forces that impact a
particular market, industry, or country.
PEST Analysis - Why (1:66) - Answer✔Helps you understand macro trends of external
environment in which your company operates, and it provides an understanding of risks
associated with market growth or decline and your company's position and potential direction
PEST - P - Political (1:65,69,71) - Answer✔Government regulations and legal factors that affect
the business environment and trade market, and they will likely trickle down impact on your
company
PEST - E - Economic (1:65,74) - Answer✔The overall health of the economy and how these
factors influence companies, organizations, and their decisions.
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PEST - S - Social (1:65,78) - Answer✔Looks at cultural aspects of the market and how they affect
the demand for a company's products and/or services; customer needs and determine what
incents them to make purchases
PEST - T - Technological (1:65,81) - Answer✔How technology can either positively or negatively
impact a business and the products and/or services they provide. i.e. technology
advancements, life cycle of technologies, technology innovation
SMS - stakeholder management strategy(1:91) - Answer✔Technology deployment could impact
not only security, but also the enterprise. All stakeholders and impact need to be identified and
managed
SMS - Stakeholder(1:95) - Answer✔People or groups with a vested interest in the success of
your strategy and who will affect of be affected by your team's work.
SMS - Phase 1(1:98,99) - Answer✔Identifying stakeholders - hold a meeting with your team of
managers and staff to brainstorm who key stakeholders might be
SIPOC - Stakeholder ID Tool - Answer✔SIPOC (Suppliers, Inputs, Processes, Outputs, &
Customers)
SIPOC - Suppliers (1:102,112) - Answer✔Those people/groups who provide inputs
SIPOC - Inputs (1:102,111) - Answer✔key requirements needed for the process to work. Should
represent information/materials the suppliers provide to you.
SIPOC - Processes (1:102,106) - Answer✔defined series of activities;
SIPOC - Outputs (1:102,108) - Answer✔tangible results of the process steps.
SIPOC - Customers (1:102,110) - Answer✔recipients/users of the outputs produced at every
step in the process.
SMS - Phase 2 (1:114) - Answer✔Understanding Stakeholder motivation
SMS - Phase 2 - Step 1 (1:114) - Answer✔Understand stakeholders - meeting with them will
help you better understand what motivates them, what they want/need from you, what
interests they have in your work.
SMS - Phase 2 - Step 2 (1:114) - Answer✔Mapping Power and Interest - three levels of power
veto, vote, voice; Three levels of interest - High, medium, low
SMS - Phase 2 - Step 3 (1:114) - Answer✔Prioritize Stakeholders - High power/interested
people, high power/less interested people, Low power/interested people, Low power/less
interested people
SMS - Phase 3 (1:120) - Answer✔Manage relationships is critical to the success of every project
in every organization, so developing a relationship plan can help you manage your relationships
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