CISSP (CERTIFIED INFORMATION SYSTEMS
SECURITY PROFESSIONAL) LATEST FOR 2026 EXAM
COMPLETE 170 QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |
ALREADY GRADED A+ BRAND NEW
Physical assets defined in an organization's business impact analysis (BIA) could include which
of the following?
A. Personal belongings of organizational staff members
B. Disaster recovery (DR) line-item revenues
C. Cloud-based applications
D. Supplies kept off-site a remote facility
D. Supplies kept off-site a remote facility
When assessing the audit capability of an application, which of the following activities is MOST
important?
A. Identify procedures to investigate suspicious activity.
B. Determine if audit records contain sufficient information.
C. Verify if sufficient storage is allocated for audit records.
D. Review security plan for actions to be taken in the event of audit failure.
C. Verify if sufficient storage is allocated for audit records.
An organization would like to implement an authorization mechanism that would simplify the
assignment of various system access permissions for many users with similar job responsibilities.
Which type of authorization mechanism would be the BEST choice for the organization to
implement?
A. Role-based access control (RBAC)
B. Discretionary access control (DAC)
C. Content-dependent Access Control
D. Rule-based Access Control
,A. Role-based access control (RBAC)
What is the PRIMARY reason for criminal law being difficult to enforce when dealing with
cybercrime?
A. Jurisdiction is hard to define.
B. Law enforcement agencies are understaffed.
C. Extradition treaties are rarely enforced.
D. Numerous language barriers exist.
A. Jurisdiction is hard to define.
Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) provides users with a higher level of assurance that their data
will remain protected by using which protocol?
A. Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
B. Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
C. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
D. Secure Shell (SSH)
A. Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
Which part of an operating system (OS) is responsible for providing security interfaces among
the hardware, OS, and other parts of the computing system?
A. Reference monitor
B. Trusted Computing Base (TCB)
C. Time separation
D. Security kernel
A. Reference monitor
What process facilitates the balance of operational and economic costs of protective measures
with gains in mission capability?
A. Performance testing
B. Risk assessment
C. Security audit
D. Risk management
,D. Risk management
Clothing retailer employees are provisioned with user accounts that provide access to resources
at partner businesses. All partner businesses use common identity and access management (IAM)
protocols and differing technologies. Under the Extended Identity principle, what is the process
flow between partner businesses to allow this IAM action?
A. Clothing retailer acts as User Self Service, confirms identity of user using industry standards,
then sends credentials to partner businesses that act as a Service Provider and allows access to
services.
B. Clothing retailer acts as identity provider (IdP), confirms identity of user using industry
standards, then sends credentials to partner businesses that act as a Service Provider and allows
access to services.
C. Clothing retailer acts as Service Provider, confirms identity of user using industry standards,
then sends credentials to partner businesses that act as an identity provider (IdP) and allows
access to resources.
D. Clothing retailer acts as Access Control Provider, confirms access of user using industry
standards, then sends credentials to partner businesses that act as a Service Provider and allows
access to resources.
B. Clothing retailer acts as identity provider (IdP), confirms identity of user using industry
standards, then sends credentials to partner businesses tha
Which of the following statements BEST describes least privilege principle in a cloud
environment?
A. A single cloud administrator is configured to access core functions.
B. Internet traffic is inspected for all incoming and outgoing packets.
C. Routing configurations are regularly updated with the latest routes.
D. Network segments remain private if unneeded to access the internet.
D. Network segments remain private if unneeded to access the internet.
An organization has been collecting a large amount of redundant and unusable data and filling up
the storage area network (SAN). Management has requested the identification of a solution that
will address ongoing storage problems. Which is the BEST technical solution?
, A. Compression
B. Caching
C. Replication
D. Deduplication
A. Compression
Which Wide Area Network (WAN) technology requires the first router in the path to determine
the full path the packet will travel, removing the need for other routers in the path to make
independent determinations?
A. Synchronous Optical Networking (SONET)
B. Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
C. Fiber Channel Over Ethernet (FCoE)
D. Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
B. Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Which of the following would an information security professional use to recognize changes to
content, particularly unauthorized changes?
A. File Integrity Checker
B. Security information and event management (SIEM) system
C. Audit Logs
D. Intrusion detection system (IDS)
A. File Integrity Checker
Which of the following is included in change management?
A. Technical review by business owner
B. User Acceptance Testing (UAT) before implementation
C. Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) after implementation
D. Business continuity testing
D. Business continuity testing
A company is enrolled in a hard drive reuse program where decommissioned equipment is sold
back to the vendor when it is no longer needed. The vendor pays more money for functioning
SECURITY PROFESSIONAL) LATEST FOR 2026 EXAM
COMPLETE 170 QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |
ALREADY GRADED A+ BRAND NEW
Physical assets defined in an organization's business impact analysis (BIA) could include which
of the following?
A. Personal belongings of organizational staff members
B. Disaster recovery (DR) line-item revenues
C. Cloud-based applications
D. Supplies kept off-site a remote facility
D. Supplies kept off-site a remote facility
When assessing the audit capability of an application, which of the following activities is MOST
important?
A. Identify procedures to investigate suspicious activity.
B. Determine if audit records contain sufficient information.
C. Verify if sufficient storage is allocated for audit records.
D. Review security plan for actions to be taken in the event of audit failure.
C. Verify if sufficient storage is allocated for audit records.
An organization would like to implement an authorization mechanism that would simplify the
assignment of various system access permissions for many users with similar job responsibilities.
Which type of authorization mechanism would be the BEST choice for the organization to
implement?
A. Role-based access control (RBAC)
B. Discretionary access control (DAC)
C. Content-dependent Access Control
D. Rule-based Access Control
,A. Role-based access control (RBAC)
What is the PRIMARY reason for criminal law being difficult to enforce when dealing with
cybercrime?
A. Jurisdiction is hard to define.
B. Law enforcement agencies are understaffed.
C. Extradition treaties are rarely enforced.
D. Numerous language barriers exist.
A. Jurisdiction is hard to define.
Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) provides users with a higher level of assurance that their data
will remain protected by using which protocol?
A. Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
B. Internet Protocol Security (IPsec)
C. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
D. Secure Shell (SSH)
A. Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
Which part of an operating system (OS) is responsible for providing security interfaces among
the hardware, OS, and other parts of the computing system?
A. Reference monitor
B. Trusted Computing Base (TCB)
C. Time separation
D. Security kernel
A. Reference monitor
What process facilitates the balance of operational and economic costs of protective measures
with gains in mission capability?
A. Performance testing
B. Risk assessment
C. Security audit
D. Risk management
,D. Risk management
Clothing retailer employees are provisioned with user accounts that provide access to resources
at partner businesses. All partner businesses use common identity and access management (IAM)
protocols and differing technologies. Under the Extended Identity principle, what is the process
flow between partner businesses to allow this IAM action?
A. Clothing retailer acts as User Self Service, confirms identity of user using industry standards,
then sends credentials to partner businesses that act as a Service Provider and allows access to
services.
B. Clothing retailer acts as identity provider (IdP), confirms identity of user using industry
standards, then sends credentials to partner businesses that act as a Service Provider and allows
access to services.
C. Clothing retailer acts as Service Provider, confirms identity of user using industry standards,
then sends credentials to partner businesses that act as an identity provider (IdP) and allows
access to resources.
D. Clothing retailer acts as Access Control Provider, confirms access of user using industry
standards, then sends credentials to partner businesses that act as a Service Provider and allows
access to resources.
B. Clothing retailer acts as identity provider (IdP), confirms identity of user using industry
standards, then sends credentials to partner businesses tha
Which of the following statements BEST describes least privilege principle in a cloud
environment?
A. A single cloud administrator is configured to access core functions.
B. Internet traffic is inspected for all incoming and outgoing packets.
C. Routing configurations are regularly updated with the latest routes.
D. Network segments remain private if unneeded to access the internet.
D. Network segments remain private if unneeded to access the internet.
An organization has been collecting a large amount of redundant and unusable data and filling up
the storage area network (SAN). Management has requested the identification of a solution that
will address ongoing storage problems. Which is the BEST technical solution?
, A. Compression
B. Caching
C. Replication
D. Deduplication
A. Compression
Which Wide Area Network (WAN) technology requires the first router in the path to determine
the full path the packet will travel, removing the need for other routers in the path to make
independent determinations?
A. Synchronous Optical Networking (SONET)
B. Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
C. Fiber Channel Over Ethernet (FCoE)
D. Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
B. Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Which of the following would an information security professional use to recognize changes to
content, particularly unauthorized changes?
A. File Integrity Checker
B. Security information and event management (SIEM) system
C. Audit Logs
D. Intrusion detection system (IDS)
A. File Integrity Checker
Which of the following is included in change management?
A. Technical review by business owner
B. User Acceptance Testing (UAT) before implementation
C. Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) after implementation
D. Business continuity testing
D. Business continuity testing
A company is enrolled in a hard drive reuse program where decommissioned equipment is sold
back to the vendor when it is no longer needed. The vendor pays more money for functioning
