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Cipm - Iapp Questions and Answers
Strategic Management is the first high level necessary task to
implement proactive privacy management through the following 3
subtasks:
Ans: (1) Define Privacy Vision and Privacy Mission Statement\n\n(2)
Develop Privacy Strategy\n\n(3) Structure Privacy Team
Strategic management of privacy starts by creating or updating
the organization vision and mission statement based on privacy
best practices that should include:
Ans: (1) Develop vision and mission statement objectives\n\n(2) Define
privacy program scope\n\n\n(3) Identify legal and regulatory
compliance challenges\n\n\n(4) Identify organization personal
information legal requirements
Define Privacy Program Scope
Ans: 1) Identify & Understand Legal and Regulatory Compliance
Challenges\nii) Identify the Data Impacted\n\n*Understand Global
Perspective\n*Customize Approach\n*Be Aware of Laws, Regulations,
Processes, Procedures\n*Monitor Legal Compliance Factors
Types of Protection Models (4)
Ans: i) Sectoral (US)\nii) Comprehensize (EU, Canada, Russia)\niii) Co-
Regulatory (Australia)\niv) Self Regulated (US, Japan, Singapore)
Questions to Ask When Determining Privacy Requirements (Legal)
Ans: - Who collects, uses, maintians Personal Information\n- What are
the types of Personal Information\n- What are the legal requirements for
the PI\n- Where is the PI stored\n- How is the PI collected\n- Why is the
PI collected
Steps to Developing a Privacy Strategy (5)
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Ans: i) ID Stakeholders and Internal Partnerships\nii) Leverage Key
Functions\niii) Create a Process for Interfacing\niv) Develop a Data
Governance Strategy\nv) *Conduct a Privacy Workshop
Data Governance Models (3)
Ans: i) Centralized\nii) Local/Decentralized\niii) Hybrid
What is a Privacy Program Framework?
Ans: Implementation roadmap that provides structure or checklists to
guide privacy professionals through management and prompts for
details to determine privacy relevant decisions.
Popular Frameworks (6)
Ans: APEC Privacy - regional data transfers\nPIPEDA (Canada) & AIPP
(Australian)\nOCED\nPrivacy by Design\nUS Government
Steps to Develop Privacy Policies, Standards, Guidelines (4)
Ans: i) Assessment of Business Case \nii) Gap Analysis - \niii) Review &
Monitor\niv) Communicate
Business Case
Ans: Defines individual program needs and way to meet specific
goals.\n\n- Org Privacy Guidance\n- Define Privacy\n- Laws/Regs\n-
Technical Controls\n- External Privacy Orgs\n- Frameworks\n- Privacy
Enhancing Tech (PETs)\n- Education/Awareness\n- Program Assurance
What are the 4 Parts of the Privacy Operational Life Cycle
Ans: i) Assess\nii) Protect\niii) Sustain\niv) Respond
5 Maturity Levels of the AICPA/CICA Privacy Maturity Model?
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Ans: i) Ad Hoc - Procedures informal, incomplete, inconsistently applied
(not written)\nii) Repeatable - Procedures exist, partially documented,
don't cover all areas\niii) Defined - All documented, implemented, cover
all relevant aspects\niv) Managed - Reviews conducted assess
effectiveness of controls\nv) Optimized - Regular reviews and feedback
to ensure continuous improvements.
Privacy Assessment Approach (Key Areas)
Ans: i) Internal Audit & Risk Management\nii) Information Tech & IT
Operations/Development\niii) Information Security\niv) HR/Ethics\nv)
Legal/Contracts\nvi) Process/3rd Party Vendors\nvii)
Marketing/Sales\nviii) Government Relations\nix) Accounting/Finance
11 Principles of the Data Life Cycle Management Model
Ans: i) Enterprise Objectives\nii) Minimalism\niii) Simplicity of
Procedures & Training\niv) Adequacy of Infrastructure\nv) Information
Security\nvi) Authenticity and Accuracy of Records\nvii)
Retrievabiliyt\nviii) Distribution Controls\nix) Auditability\nx)
Consistency of Policies\nxi) Enforcement
What is CIA & AA
Ans:
Confidentiality\nIntegrity\nAvailability\n\nAccountability\nAssurance
What is the difference between positive & negative controls?
Ans: Positive - Enable privacy and business practices
(win/win)\n\nNegative - Enable privacy but constrain business (win/lose)
What are the 3 high level security roles?
Ans: i) Executive\nii) Functional\niii) Corollary
What are the 7 foundation principles of Privacy by Design?
Ans: i) Proactive not Reactive; Preventative not Remedial\nii) Privacy as
Default Setting\niii) Privacy Embedded into Design\niv) Full
Funcationality\nv) End to End Security (Throughout Lifecyle)\nvi)
Visibility and Transparency\nvii) Respect for User Privacy
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3 keys to Sustainment?
Ans: i) Monitor\nii) Audit\niii) Communicate
4 keys to Response?
Ans: i) Information Requests\nii) Legal Compliance\niii) Incident
Response Planning\niv) Incident Handling
Proactive privacy management is accomplished through three
tasks
Ans: 1) Define your organization's privacy vision and privacy mission
statements 2) Develop privacy strategy 3) Structure your privacy team
This is needed to structure responsibilities with business goals
Ans: Strategic Management
Strategic Management model
Ans: Identifies alignment to organizational vision and defines the
privacy leaders for an organization, along with the resources necessary
to execute the vision.
Privacy professional
Ans: Member of the privacy team who may be responsible for privacy
program framework development, management and reporting within an
organization
Strategic management of privacy starts by
Ans: creating or updating the company's vision and mission statement
based on privacy best practice
Privacy best practices
Ans: 1) identify organization PI *legal requirements,2) Develop V&M
statement objectives,3) identify legal & regulatory compliance
challenges, &,4) define privacy program scope,
Vision or mission statement
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Cipm - Iapp Questions and Answers
Strategic Management is the first high level necessary task to
implement proactive privacy management through the following 3
subtasks:
Ans: (1) Define Privacy Vision and Privacy Mission Statement\n\n(2)
Develop Privacy Strategy\n\n(3) Structure Privacy Team
Strategic management of privacy starts by creating or updating
the organization vision and mission statement based on privacy
best practices that should include:
Ans: (1) Develop vision and mission statement objectives\n\n(2) Define
privacy program scope\n\n\n(3) Identify legal and regulatory
compliance challenges\n\n\n(4) Identify organization personal
information legal requirements
Define Privacy Program Scope
Ans: 1) Identify & Understand Legal and Regulatory Compliance
Challenges\nii) Identify the Data Impacted\n\n*Understand Global
Perspective\n*Customize Approach\n*Be Aware of Laws, Regulations,
Processes, Procedures\n*Monitor Legal Compliance Factors
Types of Protection Models (4)
Ans: i) Sectoral (US)\nii) Comprehensize (EU, Canada, Russia)\niii) Co-
Regulatory (Australia)\niv) Self Regulated (US, Japan, Singapore)
Questions to Ask When Determining Privacy Requirements (Legal)
Ans: - Who collects, uses, maintians Personal Information\n- What are
the types of Personal Information\n- What are the legal requirements for
the PI\n- Where is the PI stored\n- How is the PI collected\n- Why is the
PI collected
Steps to Developing a Privacy Strategy (5)
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Ans: i) ID Stakeholders and Internal Partnerships\nii) Leverage Key
Functions\niii) Create a Process for Interfacing\niv) Develop a Data
Governance Strategy\nv) *Conduct a Privacy Workshop
Data Governance Models (3)
Ans: i) Centralized\nii) Local/Decentralized\niii) Hybrid
What is a Privacy Program Framework?
Ans: Implementation roadmap that provides structure or checklists to
guide privacy professionals through management and prompts for
details to determine privacy relevant decisions.
Popular Frameworks (6)
Ans: APEC Privacy - regional data transfers\nPIPEDA (Canada) & AIPP
(Australian)\nOCED\nPrivacy by Design\nUS Government
Steps to Develop Privacy Policies, Standards, Guidelines (4)
Ans: i) Assessment of Business Case \nii) Gap Analysis - \niii) Review &
Monitor\niv) Communicate
Business Case
Ans: Defines individual program needs and way to meet specific
goals.\n\n- Org Privacy Guidance\n- Define Privacy\n- Laws/Regs\n-
Technical Controls\n- External Privacy Orgs\n- Frameworks\n- Privacy
Enhancing Tech (PETs)\n- Education/Awareness\n- Program Assurance
What are the 4 Parts of the Privacy Operational Life Cycle
Ans: i) Assess\nii) Protect\niii) Sustain\niv) Respond
5 Maturity Levels of the AICPA/CICA Privacy Maturity Model?
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Ans: i) Ad Hoc - Procedures informal, incomplete, inconsistently applied
(not written)\nii) Repeatable - Procedures exist, partially documented,
don't cover all areas\niii) Defined - All documented, implemented, cover
all relevant aspects\niv) Managed - Reviews conducted assess
effectiveness of controls\nv) Optimized - Regular reviews and feedback
to ensure continuous improvements.
Privacy Assessment Approach (Key Areas)
Ans: i) Internal Audit & Risk Management\nii) Information Tech & IT
Operations/Development\niii) Information Security\niv) HR/Ethics\nv)
Legal/Contracts\nvi) Process/3rd Party Vendors\nvii)
Marketing/Sales\nviii) Government Relations\nix) Accounting/Finance
11 Principles of the Data Life Cycle Management Model
Ans: i) Enterprise Objectives\nii) Minimalism\niii) Simplicity of
Procedures & Training\niv) Adequacy of Infrastructure\nv) Information
Security\nvi) Authenticity and Accuracy of Records\nvii)
Retrievabiliyt\nviii) Distribution Controls\nix) Auditability\nx)
Consistency of Policies\nxi) Enforcement
What is CIA & AA
Ans:
Confidentiality\nIntegrity\nAvailability\n\nAccountability\nAssurance
What is the difference between positive & negative controls?
Ans: Positive - Enable privacy and business practices
(win/win)\n\nNegative - Enable privacy but constrain business (win/lose)
What are the 3 high level security roles?
Ans: i) Executive\nii) Functional\niii) Corollary
What are the 7 foundation principles of Privacy by Design?
Ans: i) Proactive not Reactive; Preventative not Remedial\nii) Privacy as
Default Setting\niii) Privacy Embedded into Design\niv) Full
Funcationality\nv) End to End Security (Throughout Lifecyle)\nvi)
Visibility and Transparency\nvii) Respect for User Privacy
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3 keys to Sustainment?
Ans: i) Monitor\nii) Audit\niii) Communicate
4 keys to Response?
Ans: i) Information Requests\nii) Legal Compliance\niii) Incident
Response Planning\niv) Incident Handling
Proactive privacy management is accomplished through three
tasks
Ans: 1) Define your organization's privacy vision and privacy mission
statements 2) Develop privacy strategy 3) Structure your privacy team
This is needed to structure responsibilities with business goals
Ans: Strategic Management
Strategic Management model
Ans: Identifies alignment to organizational vision and defines the
privacy leaders for an organization, along with the resources necessary
to execute the vision.
Privacy professional
Ans: Member of the privacy team who may be responsible for privacy
program framework development, management and reporting within an
organization
Strategic management of privacy starts by
Ans: creating or updating the company's vision and mission statement
based on privacy best practice
Privacy best practices
Ans: 1) identify organization PI *legal requirements,2) Develop V&M
statement objectives,3) identify legal & regulatory compliance
challenges, &,4) define privacy program scope,
Vision or mission statement
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