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Certified Information Security Manager Questions 366–370 (page: 75)

Updated On: 10-Feb-2026

During a security assessment, an information security manager finds a number of security patches were not installed on a server hosting a critical business application. The application owner did not approve the patch installation to avoid interrupting the application.
Which of the following should be the information security manager’s FIRST course of action?

  1. Escalate the risk to senior management.
  2. Communicate the potential impact to the application owner.
  3. Report the risk to the information security steering committee.
  4. Determine mitigation options with IT management.

Answer(s): D



Risk identification, analysis, and mitigation activities can BEST be integrated into business life cycle processes by linking them to:

  1. compliance testing
  2. configuration management
  3. continuity planning
  4. change management

Answer(s): B



Which of the following is the PRIMARY reason for performing an analysis of the threat landscape on a regular basis?

  1. To determine the basis for proposing an increase in security budgets.
  2. To determine if existing business continuity plans are adequate.
  3. To determine if existing vulnerabilities present a risk.
  4. To determine critical information for executive management.

Answer(s): C



Which of the following would BEST justify spending for a compensating control?

  1. Threat analysis
  2. Risk analysis
  3. Peer benchmarking
  4. Vulnerability analysis

Answer(s): B



After undertaking a security assessment of a production system, the information security manager is MOSTlikely to:

  1. inform the system owner of any residual risks and propose measures to reduce them.
  2. inform the development team of any residual risks, and together formulate risk reduction measures.
  3. inform the IT manager of the residual risks and propose measures to reduce them.
  4. establish an overall security program that minimizes the residual risks of that production system.

Answer(s): A



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