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An information security program should focus on:

A. best practices also in place at peer companies.

B. solutions codified in international standards.

C. key controls identified in risk assessments.

D. continued process improvement.

Question List (425q): Question 1: Which of the following should be determined FIRST when estab...; Question 2: The information classification scheme should:...; Question 3: Which of the following would BEST ensure that security risk ...; Question 4: The BEST time to perform a penetration test is after:...; Question 5: The PRIMARY purpose of installing an intrusion detection sys...; Question 6: The MOST appropriate individual to determine the level of in...; Question 7: A customer credit card database has been breached by hackers...; Question 8: Which of the following guarantees that data in a file have n...; Question 9: A message* that has been encrypted by the sender's private k...; Question 10: Which of the following vulnerabilities presents the GREATEST...; Question 11: If an organization considers taking legal action on a securi...; Question 12: How would an organization know if its new information securi...; Question 13: The purpose of a corrective control is to:...; Question 14: What is the MOST important reason for conducting security aw...; Question 15: To ensure that payroll systems continue on in an event of a ...; Question 16: A new e-mail virus that uses an attachment disguised as a pi...; Question 17: Security audit reviews should PRIMARILY:...; Question 18: A contract bid is digitally signed and electronically mailed...; Question 19: What is an appropriate frequency for updating operating syst...; Question 20: Which of the following would be MOST critical to the success...; Question 21: Who can BEST advocate the development of and ensure the succ...; Question 22: To reduce the possibility of service interruptions, an entit...; Question 23: Which of the following is the MOST effective type of access ...; Question 24: When creating a forensic image of a hard drive, which of the...; Question 25: Which of the following is the MOST important risk associated...; Question 26: Which of the following tools is MOST appropriate for determi...; Question 27: When application-level security controlled by business proce...; Question 28: During the restoration of several servers, a critical proces...; Question 29: There is reason to believe that a recently modified web appl...; Question 30: A web server in a financial institution that has been compro...; Question 31: Which of the following is the GREATEST risk of an inadequate...; Question 32: An organization has adopted a practice of regular staff rota...; Question 33: Which of the following is the BEST method to securely transf...; Question 34: Which of the following is MOST important to consider when de...; Question 35: The PRIMARY reason for using metrics to evaluate information...; Question 36: Successful social engineering attacks can BEST be prevented ...; Question 37: Which of the following is the BEST way to determine if an in...; Question 38: In which of the following system development life cycle (SDL...; Question 39: In a well-controlled environment, which of the following act...; Question 40: When a user employs a client-side digital certificate to aut...; Question 41: Which of the following is the BEST method to provide a new u...; Question 42: When security policies are strictly enforced, the initial im...; Question 43: The FIRST priority when responding to a major security incid...; Question 44: To address the issue that performance pressures on IT may co...; Question 45: The BEST way to ensure that security settings on each platfo...; Question 46: Which of the following activities is MOST likely to increase...; Question 47: Which of the following is the MOST important guideline when ...; Question 48: The BEST approach in managing a security incident involving ...; Question 49: The MAIN advantage of implementing automated password synchr...; Question 50: At the conclusion of a disaster recovery test, which of the ...; Question 51: Requiring all employees and contractors to meet personnel se...; Question 52: The MOST important success factor to design an effective IT ...; Question 53: Ensuring that an organization can conduct security reviews w...; Question 54: Which of the following measures is the MOST effective deterr...; Question 55: Which of the following is generally considered a fundamental...; Question 56: An organization provides information to its supply chain par...; Question 57: Which of the following provides the BKST confirmation that t...; Question 58: Which of the following controls is MOST effective in providi...; Question 59: During the security review of organizational servers, it was...; Question 60: Which of the following presents the GREATEST threat to the s...; Question 61: What is the BEST method to confirm that all firewall rules a...; Question 62: Which of the following is MOST effective in preventing the i...; Question 63: What is the BEST way to ensure data protection upon terminat...; Question 64: There is a time lag between the time when a security vulnera...; Question 65: Which of the following security activities should be impleme...; Question 66: As an organization grows, exceptions to information security...; Question 67: An organization without any formal information security prog...; Question 68: Which of the following is the BEST mechanism to determine th...; Question 69: Which of the following is MOST effective in preventing weakn...; Question 70: Which of the following are the essential ingredients of a bu...; Question 71: Which of the following is the MOST important item to conside...; Question 72: Which of the following BEST ensures timely and reliable acce...; Question 73: The FIRST step in an incident response plan is to:...; Question 74: Which of the following actions should be taken when an onlin...; Question 75: Detailed business continuity plans should be based PRIMARILY...; Question 76: Which of the following is the MOST important requirement for...; Question 77: What is the MOST appropriate change management procedure for...; Question 78: An intrusion detection system (IDS) should:...; Question 79: Which of the following is the BEST method to reduce the numb...; Question 80: An organization has a process in place that involves the use...; Question 81: Senior management has approved employees working off-site by...; Question 82: Which of the following is the MOST relevant metric to includ...; Question 83: The effectiveness of the information security process is red...; Question 84: Which of the following is the MOST immediate consequence of ...; Question 85: A root kit was used to capture detailed accounts receivable ...; Question 86: Which of the following is the MOST appropriate individual to...; Question 87: Which of the following security mechanisms is MOST effective...; Question 88: An organization has learned of a security breach at another ...; Question 89: Which of the following is the PRIMARY advantage of having an...; Question 90: An information security manager has completed a risk assessm...; Question 91: When considering whether to adopt a new information security...; Question 92: The IT function has declared that, when putting a new applic...; Question 93: An organization is already certified to an international sec...; Question 94: Which of the following is the MOST serious exposure of autom...; Question 95: What is the BEST way to alleviate security team understaffin...; Question 96: After assessing and mitigating the risks of a web applicatio...; Question 97: An information security manager has been asked to create a s...; Question 98: Of the following, retention of business records should be PR...; Question 99: A data-hosting organization's data center houses servers, ap...; Question 100: Which of the following presents the GREATEST exposure to int...; Question 101: An organization is considering moving one of its critical bu...; Question 102: The MOST important element in achieving executive commitment...; Question 103: Which of the following is the MOST important area of focus w...; Question 104: Which of the following is the BEST indicator that security a...; Question 105: Which of the following will BEST protect against malicious a...; Question 106: Data owners are normally responsible for which of the follow...; Question 107: An organization has verified that its customer information w...; Question 108: An organization is entering into an agreement with a new bus...; Question 109: When performing a qualitative risk analysis, which of the fo...; Question 110: Which of the following ensures that newly identified securit...; Question 111: When designing the technical solution for a disaster recover...; Question 112: When speaking to an organization's human resources departmen...; Question 113: The business advantage of implementing authentication tokens...; Question 114: Which of the following is the BEST approach to mitigate onli...; Question 115: Which of the following is the FIRST phase in which security ...; Question 116: Of the following, the BEST method for ensuring that temporar...; Question 117: In organizations where availability is a primary concern, th...; Question 118: Security governance is MOST associated with which of the fol...; Question 119: An information security manager has developed a strategy to ...; Question 120: Which of the following practices is BEST to remove system ac...; Question 121: Which of the following reduces the potential impact of socia...; Question 122: The PRIMARY purpose of performing an internal attack and pen...; Question 123: Who should determine the appropriate classification of accou...; Question 124: It is MOST important for an information security manager to ...; Question 125: To justify the establishment of an incident management team,...; Question 126: The PRIMARY driver to obtain external resources to execute t...; Question 127: Nonrepudiation can BEST be ensured by using:...; Question 128: Which of the following mechanisms is the MOST secure way to ...; Question 129: When implementing security controls, an information security...; Question 130: Which of the following would BEST protect an organization's ...; Question 131: A semi-annual disaster recovery test has been completed. Whi...; Question 132: Which of the following authentication methods prevents authe...; Question 133: An information security program should be sponsored by:...; Question 134: The BEST reason for an organization to have two discrete fir...; Question 135: Before engaging outsourced providers, an information securit...; Question 136: An intrusion detection system should be placed:...; Question 137: Security awareness training is MOST likely to lead to which ...; Question 138: In the process of deploying a new e-mail system, an informat...; Question 139: To ensure that all information security procedures are funct...; Question 140: Which of the following is the BEST tool to maintain the curr...; Question 141: Which of the following metrics would be the MOST useful in m...; Question 142: Following a significant change to the underlying code of an ...; Question 143: Which of the following is MOST important for a successful in...; Question 144: Which of the following is an inherent weakness of signature-...; Question 145: An account with full administrative privileges over a produc...; Question 146: Which of the following BEST ensures that information transmi...; Question 147: Which of the following is generally used to ensure that info...; Question 148: What is the BEST way to ensure that contract programmers com...; Question 149: What is the MOST important success factor in launching a cor...; Question 150: What is the BEST method for mitigating against network denia...; Question 151: Which of the following processes is critical for deciding pr...; Question 152: Which of the following is the MOST important process that an...; Question 153: A company has a network of branch offices with local file/pr...; Question 154: Primary direction on the impact of compliance with new regul...; Question 155: Security policies should be aligned MOST closely with:...; Question 156: Which of the following BEST enables an information security ...; Question 157: After obtaining commitment from senior management, which of ...; Question 158: What is the BEST method to verify that all security patches ...; Question 159: An information security manager wishing to establish securit...; Question 160: What is the BEST defense against a Structured Query Language...; Question 161: Which of the following documents would be the BEST reference...; Question 162: The "separation of duties" principle is violated if which of...; Question 163: Which of the following, using public key cryptography, ensur...; Question 164: When training an incident response team, the advantage of us...; Question 165: When contracting with an outsourcer to provide security admi...; Question 166: Managing the life cycle of a digital certificate is a role o...; Question 167: Information security policies should:...; Question 168: The advantage of Virtual Private Network (VPN) tunneling for...; Question 169: Which of the following situations would be the MOST concern ...; Question 170: Internal audit has reported a number of information security...; Question 171: The advantage of sending messages using steganographic techn...; Question 172: A serious vulnerability is reported in the firewall software...; Question 173: A computer incident response team (CIRT) manual should PRIMA...; Question 174: A web-based business application is being migrated from test...; Question 175: Which of the following is the MOST effective solution for pr...; Question 176: Which of the following is MOST critical for the successful i...; Question 177: Good information security standards should:...; Question 178: Which of the following would be MOST effective in ensuring t...; Question 179: Which of the following is the MOST important consideration w...; Question 180: Which of the following recovery strategies has the GREATEST ...; Question 181: Which of the following would BEST assist an information secu...; Question 182: Which of the following controls would BEST prevent accidenta...; Question 183: When an organization is using an automated tool to manage an...; Question 184: Which of the following is the MOST important consideration f...; Question 185: Which of the following is the MOST important to ensure a suc...; Question 186: Who is ultimately responsible for ensuring that information ...; Question 187: A post-incident review should be conducted by an incident ma...; Question 188: A large organization is considering a policy that would allo...; Question 189: Which of the following is the MOST likely to change an organ...; Question 190: Which of the following is the BEST indicator that an effecti...; Question 191: A critical device is delivered with a single user and passwo...; Question 192: The PRIMARY reason for assigning classes of sensitivity and ...; Question 193: Nonrepudiation can BEST be assured by using:...; Question 194: Which of the following practices completely prevents a man-i...; Question 195: Which of the following should be in place before a black box...; Question 196: Which of the following BEST enables the deployment of consis...; Question 197: All risk management activities are PRIMARILY designed to red...; Question 198: The configuration management plan should PRIMARILY be based ...; Question 199: Secure customer use of an e-commerce application can BEST be...; Question 200: Which of the following should be performed FIRST in the afte...; Question 201: Which of the following is the MOST effective, positive metho...; Question 202: An organization has implemented an enhanced password policy ...; Question 203: A major trading partner with access to the internal network ...; Question 204: When a new key business application goes into production, th...; Question 205: Which of the following would represent a violation of the ch...; Question 206: What is the GREATEST risk when there is an excessive number ...; Question 207: Evidence from a compromised server has to be acquired for a ...; Question 208: An organization's operations staff places payment files in a...; Question 209: When configuring a biometric access control system that prot...; Question 210: Which of the following would be the BEST indicator that an o...; Question 211: Which of the following represents a PRIMARY area of interest...; Question 212: Which of the following is the BEST metric for evaluating the...; Question 213: Which of the following are the MOST important criteria when ...; Question 214: An information security organization should PRIMARILY:...; Question 215: What is the MOST important item to be included in an informa...; Question 216: Who can BEST approve plans to implement an information secur...; Question 217: The MOST effective use of a risk register is to:...; Question 218: An extranet server should be placed:...; Question 219: When a large organization discovers that it is the subject o...; Question 220: Security awareness training should be provided to new employ...; Question 221: Which would be the BEST recommendation to protect against ph...; Question 222: Which of the following is the BEST way to ensure that a corp...; Question 223: An organization plans to allow employees to use their own de...; Question 224: When considering the value of assets, which of the following...; Question 225: An operating system (OS) noncritical patch to enhance system...; Question 226: An outsource service provider must handle sensitive customer...; Question 227: Which of the following is the BEST metric for evaluating the...; Question 228: When electronically stored information is requested during a...; Question 229: Which of the following would be the FIRST step in establishi...; Question 230: Documented standards/procedures for the use of cryptography ...; Question 231: Which of the following is MOST important in determining whet...; Question 232: Which of the following would BEST mitigate identified vulner...; Question 233: The MOST effective way to ensure network users are aware of ...; Question 234: Which of the following will BEST ensure that management take...; Question 235: Which of the following would be a MAJOR consideration for an...; Question 236: A desktop computer that was involved in a computer security ...; Question 237: An incident response policy must contain:...; Question 238: Which is the BEST way to measure and prioritize aggregate ri...; Question 239: In the course of examining a computer system for forensic ev...; Question 240: Which of the following would be the MOST effective counterme...; Question 241: In an organization, the responsibilities for IT security are...; Question 242: In order to protect a network against unauthorized external ...; Question 243: Which of the following is the MOST important management sign...; Question 244: Which of the following is the MOST important reason why info...; Question 245: An organization with multiple data centers has designated on...; Question 246: Which of the following is MOST effective for securing wirele...; Question 247: Which of the following is MOST effective in preventing secur...; Question 248: The business continuity policy should contain which of the f...; Question 249: Which of the following is a key area of the ISO 27001 framew...; Question 250: Which of the following is the MOST effective solution for pr...; Question 251: What is the BEST way to ensure that an intruder who successf...; Question 252: The BEST way to mitigate the risk associated with a social e...; Question 253: When a newly installed system for synchronizing passwords ac...; Question 254: Who is responsible for raising awareness of the need for ade...; Question 255: An organization that outsourced its payroll processing perfo...; Question 256: Which of the following is the PRIMARY advantage of desk chec...; Question 257: When a proposed system change violates an existing security ...; Question 258: Which of the following will BEST prevent an employee from us...; Question 259: Which resource is the MOST effective in preventing physical ...; Question 260: Which of the following is the MOST important reason for an i...; Question 261: Which of the following is MOST important when deciding wheth...; Question 262: What task should be performed once a security incident has b...; Question 263: In a social engineering scenario, which of the following wil...; Question 264: Isolation and containment measures for a compromised compute...; Question 265: Which of the following devices should be placed within a DMZ...; Question 266: A database was compromised by guessing the password for a sh...; Question 267: The BEST way to determine if an anomaly-based intrusion dete...; Question 268: When performing a business impact analysis (BIA), which of t...; Question 269: Recovery point objectives (RPOs) can be used to determine wh...; Question 270: At what stage of the applications development process would ...; Question 271: The PRIMARY objective of an Internet usage policy is to prev...; Question 272: Which of the following is the BEST method for ensuring that ...; Question 273: Which of the following application systems should have the s...; Question 274: Why is "slack space" of value to an information security man...; Question 275: To determine how a security breach occurred on the corporate...; Question 276: The BEST way to ensure that an external service provider com...; Question 277: To help ensure that contract personnel do not obtain unautho...; Question 278: During a post-incident review, the sequence and correlation ...; Question 279: An information security program should focus on:...; Question 280: Which of the following is the MAIN reason for performing ris...; Question 281: The effectiveness of virus detection software is MOST depend...; Question 282: A business partner of a factory has remote read-only access ...; Question 283: In business-critical applications, user access should be app...; Question 284: A risk assessment study carried out by an organization noted...; Question 285: An information security manager reviewed the access control ...; Question 286: Which of the following is the MOST important element to ensu...; Question 287: Which of the following devices should be placed within a dem...; Question 288: Of the following, whose input is of GREATEST importance in t...; Question 289: What is the FIRST action an information security manager sho...; Question 290: Which of the following will MOST likely reduce the chances o...; Question 291: Which of the following is the MOST appropriate individual to...; Question 292: In addition to backup data, which of the following is the MO...; Question 293: An information security manager uses security metrics to mea...; Question 294: Which of the following tasks should be performed once a disa...; Question 295: Emergency actions are taken at the early stage of a disaster...; Question 296: An e-commerce order fulfillment web server should generally ...; Question 297: Risk assessment is MOST effective when performed:...; Question 298: An internal review of a web-based application system finds t...; Question 299: The MAIN goal of an information security strategic plan is t...; Question 300: Which of the following features is normally missing when usi...; Question 301: Which of the following will protect the confidentiality of d...; Question 302: Which of the following is the MOST important consideration w...; Question 303: Which of the following is a risk of cross-training?...; Question 304: Which of the following is the BEST method to ensure the over...; Question 305: Which of the following has the highest priority when definin...; Question 306: A border router should be placed on which of the following?...; Question 307: Which of the following is the MOST important action to take ...; Question 308: When collecting evidence for forensic analysis, it is import...; Question 309: A test plan to validate the security controls of a new syste...; Question 310: An organization has been experiencing a number of network-ba...; Question 311: What is the MOST effective access control method to prevent ...; Question 312: When developing security standards, which of the following w...; Question 313: Which of the following are the MOST important individuals to...; Question 314: Which of the following defines the triggers within a busines...; Question 315: When developing a tabletop test plan for incident response t...; Question 316: For virtual private network (VPN) access to the corporate ne...; Question 317: Which of the following is MOST difficult to achieve in a pub...; Question 318: A risk management approach to information protection is:...; Question 319: The MOST important reason to use a centralized mechanism to ...; Question 320: Which of the following is MOST important to the successful p...; Question 321: A possible breach of an organization's IT system is reported...; Question 322: Simple Network Management Protocol v2 (SNMP v2) is used freq...; Question 323: Which of the following devices should be placed within a DMZ...; Question 324: Which of the following is MOST effective in protecting again...; Question 325: Which of the following tools is MOST appropriate to assess w...; Question 326: In business critical applications, where shared access to el...; Question 327: Which of the following would present the GREATEST risk to in...; Question 328: The implementation of a capacity plan would prevent:...; Question 329: Security monitoring mechanisms should PRIMARILY:...; Question 330: The PRIORITY action to be taken when a server is infected wi...; Question 331: Which of the following is the MOST appropriate method for de...; Question 332: Which of the following would be MOST appropriate for collect...; Question 333: Prior to having a third party perform an attack and penetrat...; Question 334: Which of the following is the MOST important consideration w...; Question 335: The return on investment of information security can BEST be...; Question 336: An information security manager has been asked to develop a ...; Question 337: An information security manager learns that a departmental s...; Question 338: An organization keeps backup tapes of its servers at a warm ...; Question 339: The BEST way to ensure that information security policies ar...; Question 340: Access control to a sensitive intranet application by mobile...; Question 341: Which of the following is the BEST way to verify that all cr...; Question 342: Which of the following is the MOST important element to ensu...; Question 343: Which of the following is the MOST appropriate frequency for...; Question 344: Which of the following is an example of a corrective control...; Question 345: Which of the following provides the linkage to ensure that p...; Question 346: Which of the following steps should be performed FIRST in th...; Question 347: Which of the following would be the BEST metric for the IT r...; Question 348: Which of the following BEST ensures that modifications made ...; Question 349: Which of the following BEST provides message integrity, send...; Question 350: Which of the following is the MOST critical activity to ensu...; Question 351: The MAIN reason for deploying a public key infrastructure (P...; Question 352: Which of the following actions should be taken when an infor...; Question 353: In an organization, information systems security is the resp...; Question 354: What is the PRIMARY objective of a post-event review in inci...; Question 355: The BEST method for detecting and monitoring a hacker's acti...; Question 356: The BEST metric for evaluating the effectiveness of a firewa...; Question 357: What is the GREATEST advantage of documented guidelines and ...; Question 358: A benefit of using a full disclosure (white box) approach as...; Question 359: Attacks using multiple methods to spread should be classifie...; Question 360: Which of the following is MOST important for measuring the e...; Question 361: Which of the following events generally has the highest info...; Question 362: Which of the following is the MOST appropriate method to pro...; Question 363: An organization has decided to implement additional security...; Question 364: What is the MAIN drawback of e-mailing password-protected zi...; Question 365: Which of the following areas is MOST susceptible to the intr...; Question 366: Which of the following devices could potentially stop a Stru...; Question 367: To mitigate a situation where one of the programmers of an a...; Question 368: Which of the following would be the BEST defense against sni...; Question 369: Which of the following is the MOST important item to include...; Question 370: When developing a security architecture, which of the follow...; Question 371: An information security manager believes that a network file...; Question 372: Which of the following terms and conditions represent a sign...; Question 373: The main mail server of a financial institution has been com...; Question 374: An intranet server should generally be placed on the:...; Question 375: Which of the following actions should lake place immediately...; Question 376: In designing a backup strategy that will be consistent with ...; Question 377: It is important to develop an information security baseline ...; Question 378: Which of the following techniques MOST clearly indicates whe...; Question 379: When an emergency security patch is received via electronic ...; Question 380: Which of the following environments represents the GREATEST ...; Question 381: When properly tested, which of the following would MOST effe...; Question 382: A security awareness program should:...; Question 383: Which of the following is the initial step in creating a fir...; Question 384: What is the BEST way to ensure users comply with organizatio...; Question 385: Which of the following roles is PRIMARILY responsible for de...; Question 386: The MOST important objective of a post incident review is to...; Question 387: Which of the following disaster recovery testing techniques ...; Question 388: Which of the following is MOST important to the success of a...; Question 389: The MOST important reason that statistical anomaly-based int...; Question 390: Of the following, which is the MOST important aspect of fore...; Question 391: An information security manager is advised by contacts in la...; Question 392: Which of the following is the MOST effective way to treat a ...; Question 393: The PRIMARY focus of the change control process is to ensure...; Question 394: A digital signature using a public key infrastructure (PKI) ...; Question 395: Which of the following activities performed by a database ad...; Question 396: The PRIMARY objective of security awareness is to:...; Question 397: Good information security procedures should:...; Question 398: Which of the following change management activities would be...; Question 399: Which of the following would be the MOST appropriate physica...; Question 400: Priority should be given to which of the following to ensure...; Question 401: A data leakage prevention (DLP) solution has identified that...; Question 402: An unauthorized user gained access to a merchant's database ...; Question 403: The BEST protocol to ensure confidentiality of transmissions...; Question 404: An organization faces severe fines and penalties if not in c...; Question 405: What is the BEST policy for securing data on mobile universa...; Question 406: Which of the following is MOST closely associated with a bus...; Question 407: What is the MOST important element to include when developin...; Question 408: Which of the following technologies is utilized to ensure th...; Question 409: The PRIMARY purpose of involving third-party teams for carry...; Question 410: The MOST effective way to ensure that outsourced service pro...; Question 411: On which of the following should a firewall be placed?...; Question 412: Change management procedures to ensure that disaster recover...; Question 413: As part of an international expansion plan, an organization ...; Question 414: Which of the following is the BEST approach for an organizat...; Question 415: When segregation of duties concerns exists between IT suppor...; Question 416: The MOST important reason for formally documenting security ...; Question 417: The BEST way to facilitate the reporting and escalation of p...; Question 418: To BEST improve the alignment of the information security ob...; Question 419: When a departmental system continues to be out of compliance...; Question 420: In the course of responding 10 an information security incid...; Question 421: Previously accepted risk should be:...; Question 422: An incident response team has determined there is a need to ...; Question 423: Which of the following BEST ensures that security risks will...; Question 424: The PRIMARY consideration when defining recovery time object...; Question 425: Which of the following would be MOST effective in the strate...

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