HCISPP – Domain 1: Risk
Management and Risk
Assessment [2026/2027]
Updated Version | Verified
Questions & Detailed
Rationales
Acceptable risk - ANSWER-A suitable level of risk commensurate with the
potential benefits of the organization's operations as determined by senior
management.
Audit/auditing - ANSWER-The tools, processes, and activities used to perform
compliance reviews.
Availability - ANSWER-Ensuring timely and reliable access to and use of
information by authorized users.
, Business continuity (BC) - ANSWER-Actions, processes, and tools for ensuring an
organization can continue critical operations during a contingency.
Business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) - ANSWER-A term used to jointly
describe business continuity and disaster recovery efforts.
Business impact analysis (BIA) - ANSWER-A list of the organization's assets,
annotated to reflect the criticality of each asset to the organization.
Compliance - ANSWER-Adherence to a mandate; both the actions demonstrating
adherence and the tools, processes, and documentation that are used in
adherence.
Confidentiality - ANSWER-Preserving authorized restrictions on information access
and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary
information.
Data custodian - ANSWER-The person/role within the organization who usually
manages the data on a day-to-day basis on behalf of the data owner/controller.
Data owner/ controller - ANSWER-An entity that collects or creates PII.
Data subject - ANSWER-The individual human related to a set of personal data.
Disaster recovery (DR) - ANSWER-Those tasks and activities required to bring an
organization back from contingency operations and reinstate regular operations.
Management and Risk
Assessment [2026/2027]
Updated Version | Verified
Questions & Detailed
Rationales
Acceptable risk - ANSWER-A suitable level of risk commensurate with the
potential benefits of the organization's operations as determined by senior
management.
Audit/auditing - ANSWER-The tools, processes, and activities used to perform
compliance reviews.
Availability - ANSWER-Ensuring timely and reliable access to and use of
information by authorized users.
, Business continuity (BC) - ANSWER-Actions, processes, and tools for ensuring an
organization can continue critical operations during a contingency.
Business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) - ANSWER-A term used to jointly
describe business continuity and disaster recovery efforts.
Business impact analysis (BIA) - ANSWER-A list of the organization's assets,
annotated to reflect the criticality of each asset to the organization.
Compliance - ANSWER-Adherence to a mandate; both the actions demonstrating
adherence and the tools, processes, and documentation that are used in
adherence.
Confidentiality - ANSWER-Preserving authorized restrictions on information access
and disclosure, including means for protecting personal privacy and proprietary
information.
Data custodian - ANSWER-The person/role within the organization who usually
manages the data on a day-to-day basis on behalf of the data owner/controller.
Data owner/ controller - ANSWER-An entity that collects or creates PII.
Data subject - ANSWER-The individual human related to a set of personal data.
Disaster recovery (DR) - ANSWER-Those tasks and activities required to bring an
organization back from contingency operations and reinstate regular operations.
