Security and Risk Management
Preparing for the CISSP exam can feel overwhelming due to its broad scope and high standards. Among the eight CISSP domains, Security and Risk Management is foundational, covering essential concepts from professional ethics to risk management frameworks. Our CISSP Security and Risk Management practice test is designed to closely simulate the format and difficulty of the actual exam, helping you assess your strengths and weaknesses while improving problem-solving skills across diverse security contexts.
What’s covered in our CISSP Security and Risk Management Practice Test?
Our CISSP Security and Risk Management Practice Test provides a comprehensive set of up-to-date questions designed to reinforce key concepts and simulate real exam scenarios.1. Professional ethics
You’ll learn how to understand, adhere to, and promote professional ethics, including (ISC)² Code of Professional Ethics and organizational codes of conduct.2. Security concepts
Our CISSP Security and Risk Management questions guide you through core security concepts (the five pillars of information security) and their practical applications, including:- Confidentiality
- Integrity
- Availability
- Authenticity
- Non-repudiation
3. Security governance
You also tackle questions that evaluate security governance and align security functions with organizational goals and processes.4. Legal, regulatory, and compliance issues
Our questions also cover key legal and regulatory topics, helping you understand how security professionals navigate complex requirements. This includes:- Cybercrimes, data breaches, licensing, intellectual property, and import/export controls.
- Privacy laws and regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, PIPL, and POPIA.
- Compliance with contractual, industry, and regulatory standards.
5. Investigation requirements
You’ll gain knowledge of various types of investigations and understand when and how each is conducted, including:- Administrative investigations.
- Criminal investigations.
- Civil investigations.
- Regulatory investigations.
- Industry-standard investigations.
6. Security policy and frameworks
Additionally, you’ll encounter questions about:- Developing, documenting, and implementing security policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines.
- Frameworks covered: ISO, NIST, COBIT, SABSA, PCI, FedRAMP.
- Concepts like due care and due diligence.
7. Business continuity (BC)
Our questions cover practical scenarios to test your ability to identify, assess, and implement business continuity measures, including:- Identifying, analyzing, assessing, prioritizing, and implementing BC requirements
- Conducting Business Impact Analyses (BIA)
- Understanding external dependencies
8. Personnel security
In this section, our questions include real-world situations to help you manage personnel security effectively, covering:- Enforcing personnel security policies and procedures.
- Hiring, onboarding, transfers, termination, and vendor personnel management.
9. Risk management
You’ll encounter questions designed to develop your skills in evaluating and mitigating risks, including:- Performing risk analysis, assessment, response, and treatment.
- Applying preventive, detective, and corrective controls.
- Continuous monitoring, measurement, reporting, and improvement.
- Risk frameworks: ISO, NIST, COBIT, SABSA, PCI.
- Mitigating risks from suppliers and third-party acquisitions.
10. Threat modeling
Our CISSP Security and Risk Management Practice Test will assess knowledge and application of threat modeling concepts and methodologies, including identifying potential threats, vulnerabilities, and attack vectors in systems.11. Supply chain risk management (SCRM)
The test will also evaluate understanding of supply chain risks when acquiring products and services from suppliers, such as tampering, counterfeits, and hidden implants, as well as mitigation strategies.12. Security awareness, education, and training
Our questions also cover strategies to build effective security awareness programs, helping you:- Establish and maintain training initiatives.
- Implement techniques such as social engineering simulations, phishing campaigns, gamification, and security champions.
- Keep training content up-to-date with emerging technologies like AI, blockchain, and cryptocurrency.
- Evaluate program effectiveness and measure risk maturity.