20+ practice questions focused on IT Risk Identification — one of the most tested topics on the Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control CRISC exam. Each question includes a detailed explanation so you learn why the right answer is correct.
Start IT Risk Identification PracticeAn organization is developing its IT risk universe. Which of the following is the BEST source of information for identifying potential IT risks?
Explanation: Threat intelligence feeds from Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs) provide sector-specific, timely, and actionable information about emerging threats, threat actors, and attack vectors relevant to the organization's industry. This makes them the best source for proactively identifying potential IT risks because they reflect the current threat landscape rather than past events. ISACs aggregate anonymized data from multiple organizations, giving a broader and more current view than internal sources alone.
During a risk identification workshop, a risk owner proposes a scenario: 'A disgruntled employee with privileged access exfiltrates customer data to a competitor.' In the context of the ISACA risk scenario template, which element is missing if the scenario only includes the actor, threat type, event, and asset?
Explanation: The ISACA risk scenario template includes actor, threat type, event, asset, timing, detection, and consequence. The scenario provides the actor (disgruntled employee), threat type (privileged access misuse), event (data exfiltration), and asset (customer data), but it does not specify when the event occurs or how it is detected. Therefore, timing and detection are the missing elements.
A risk analyst is building a risk register. After identifying a list of risks, what is the NEXT step in the risk identification process according to ISACA best practices?
Explanation: After identification, risks should be categorized to enable proper analysis and response. Categorization helps in understanding the nature of each risk and assigning ownership.
A financial services firm uses SAST and DAST tools in its application security testing. However, they are struggling to prioritize vulnerabilities from the large number of findings. Which additional technique would BEST help identify the most critical vulnerabilities in the context of business risk?
Explanation: IAST instruments the running application and correlates runtime execution with source code, producing findings with context about actual reachability and data flow. This context lets teams prioritize vulnerabilities that are actually exploitable in the business context, cutting through the noise from SAST and DAST. IAST's runtime insight ties findings to real execution paths, making it the best fit for business-risk-based prioritization.
A security team is using the STRIDE threat modeling methodology for a new web application. Which threat type under STRIDE would be MOST relevant to a SQL injection vulnerability?
Explanation: SQL injection allows an attacker to tamper with data, violating integrity. STRIDE includes Tampering as the threat that involves unauthorized modification of data.
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