A company is defining roles for its cybersecurity team. The CISO is responsible for the overall security strategy, the security analyst monitors alerts, and the IT administrator manages access controls. What is the primary responsibility of the CISO in this structure?

Monitoring security alerts and responding to incidents on a daily basis.

Managing user accounts and permissions for all systems.

Conducting forensic analysis of security breaches.

Setting the strategic direction for security and ensuring it aligns with business objectives.

A large enterprise is experiencing rapid growth and the CISO is concerned that security decisions are being made in silos, leading to inconsistent controls and wasted spending. The board wants to ensure that security investments are aligned with business priorities. What is the most effective governance approach?

Establish a cybersecurity steering committee with representatives from business units, IT, legal, and risk management to review and prioritize security initiatives.

Centralize all security decisions within the CISO's office to ensure consistency.

Delegate security decisions to each business unit to ensure they meet their specific needs.

Hire an external consultant to make all security decisions.

A company is updating its security policies. The CISO wants to ensure that the policies are enforceable and that employees understand their responsibilities. However, the legal department is concerned about the wording of the policies. What is the best approach to resolve this conflict?

Have the CISO and legal department collaborate to draft policies that are both technically sound and legally defensible.

Let the legal department write the policies to ensure they are legally compliant.

Let the CISO write the policies and then have legal review them.

Use a template from a professional organization and adopt it without changes.

How do governance policies support security decision-making?

By automatically enforcing security controls without human intervention.

By providing step-by-step instructions for every possible security task.

By eliminating the need for risk assessments.

By defining the organization's security objectives and the boundaries within which decisions must be made.

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Cybersecurity Governance CCOA Practice Questions (Page 5)

Part of the Domain 2: Cybersecurity Principles and Risk domain, which accounts for 20% of the CCOA exam. ISACA does not publish an official question count, but from its 240-minute exam (~95–160 total, ~19–32 in this domain), expect 5–8 from this objective — we provide 33 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Questions 21–25

21application · medium
A software development company that sells its product to government agencies is required to demonstrate that its security controls meet federal standards. Which compliance framework is most likely to be required?
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22application · medium
A company is defining roles for its cybersecurity team. The CISO is responsible for the overall security strategy, the security analyst monitors alerts, and the IT administrator manages access controls. What is the primary responsibility of the CISO in this structure?
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23expert · hard
A large enterprise is experiencing rapid growth and the CISO is concerned that security decisions are being made in silos, leading to inconsistent controls and wasted spending. The board wants to ensure that security investments are aligned with business priorities. What is the most effective governance approach?
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24expert · hard
A company is updating its security policies. The CISO wants to ensure that the policies are enforceable and that employees understand their responsibilities. However, the legal department is concerned about the wording of the policies. What is the best approach to resolve this conflict?
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How do governance policies support security decision-making?
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Questions 21–25

A software development company that sells its product to government agencies is required to demonstrate that its security controls meet federal standards. Which compliance framework is most likely to be required?

A company is defining roles for its cybersecurity team. The CISO is responsible for the overall security strategy, the security analyst monitors alerts, and the IT administrator manages access controls. What is the primary responsibility of the CISO in this structure?

A company is updating its security policies. The CISO wants to ensure that the policies are enforceable and that employees understand their responsibilities. However, the legal department is concerned about the wording of the policies. What is the best approach to resolve this conflict?

How do governance policies support security decision-making?

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