ISACA CYBERSECURITY FUNDAMENTALS
CERTIFICATION EXAM 2026 FINAL PAPER
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
CERTIFIED STUDY GUIDE GRADED A+
⩥ Protecting Digital Assets: Put in order
A.Respond
B.Protect
C.Recover
D.Identify
E.Detect.
Answer: D.Identify B.Protect E.Detect A.Respond C.Recover
⩥ Which of the three key cybersecurity concepts relates to:
access controls, file permissions and encryption?.
Answer: Confidentiality
⩥ Which of the three key cybersecurity concepts relates to:
logging, digital signatures, hashes, encryption and access control?.
Answer: Integrity
,⩥ Which of the three key cybersecurity concepts relates to:
Redundancy, backups and access control.
Answer: Availability
⩥ Who is responsible for Governance?.
Answer: Board of directors and senior management.
⩥ What are the goals of governance?.
Answer: Provide strategic direction
Ensure that objectives are achieved
Ascertain whether risk is being managed appropriately
Verify that the organization's resources are being used responsibly.
⩥ The process by which an organization manages risk to acceptable
levels..
Answer: Risk Management
⩥ the act of adhering to, and the ability to demonstrate adherence to,
mandated requirements defined by laws and regulations..
Answer: Compliance
⩥ Approaches to cybersecurity: Compliance-based.
, Answer: Also known as standards-based security, this approach relies on
regulations or standards to determine security implementations. Controls
are implemented regardless of their applicability or necessity, which
often leads to a checklist attitude towards security
⩥ Approaches to cybersecurity: Risk-based.
Answer: Relies on identifying the unique risk a particular organization
faces and designing/implementing security controls to address that risk.
⩥ Approaches to cybersecurity: Ad Hoc.
Answer: implements security with no particular rational or criteria
⩥ PCIDSS.
Answer: Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
⩥ HIPAA.
Answer: Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act
⩥ The risk level or exposure without taking into account the actions that
management had taken or might take..
Answer: Inherent risk
⩥ Cyberterrorist.
CERTIFICATION EXAM 2026 FINAL PAPER
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
CERTIFIED STUDY GUIDE GRADED A+
⩥ Protecting Digital Assets: Put in order
A.Respond
B.Protect
C.Recover
D.Identify
E.Detect.
Answer: D.Identify B.Protect E.Detect A.Respond C.Recover
⩥ Which of the three key cybersecurity concepts relates to:
access controls, file permissions and encryption?.
Answer: Confidentiality
⩥ Which of the three key cybersecurity concepts relates to:
logging, digital signatures, hashes, encryption and access control?.
Answer: Integrity
,⩥ Which of the three key cybersecurity concepts relates to:
Redundancy, backups and access control.
Answer: Availability
⩥ Who is responsible for Governance?.
Answer: Board of directors and senior management.
⩥ What are the goals of governance?.
Answer: Provide strategic direction
Ensure that objectives are achieved
Ascertain whether risk is being managed appropriately
Verify that the organization's resources are being used responsibly.
⩥ The process by which an organization manages risk to acceptable
levels..
Answer: Risk Management
⩥ the act of adhering to, and the ability to demonstrate adherence to,
mandated requirements defined by laws and regulations..
Answer: Compliance
⩥ Approaches to cybersecurity: Compliance-based.
, Answer: Also known as standards-based security, this approach relies on
regulations or standards to determine security implementations. Controls
are implemented regardless of their applicability or necessity, which
often leads to a checklist attitude towards security
⩥ Approaches to cybersecurity: Risk-based.
Answer: Relies on identifying the unique risk a particular organization
faces and designing/implementing security controls to address that risk.
⩥ Approaches to cybersecurity: Ad Hoc.
Answer: implements security with no particular rational or criteria
⩥ PCIDSS.
Answer: Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
⩥ HIPAA.
Answer: Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act
⩥ The risk level or exposure without taking into account the actions that
management had taken or might take..
Answer: Inherent risk
⩥ Cyberterrorist.
