Cism Exam Preparation: Domain 4
Cism Exam Preparation: Domain 4
PREPARATION
Domain 4
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Domain 4
Domain 4 (cont’d)
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Domain Objectives
Domain 1:
Domain 4:
Information Security
Information Security
Governance, 24%
Incident
Management, 19%
Domain 3:
Information Security Domain 2:
Program Information Security
Development and Risk Management,
Management, 27% 30%
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Domain 4 Overview
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Section One
Task Statements
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Task to Knowledge Statements
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Key Terms
Incident Any event that is not part of the standard operation of a service and
that causes, or may cause, an interruption to, or a reduction in, the
quality of that service.
Incident management A specific group of people who determines how to manage incidents.
team
Incident response team A group of people who prepare for and respond to any emergency
incident
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Key Terms
Maximum tolerable Maximum time that an enterprise can support processing in alternate
outage mode.
Recovery point objective Determined based on the acceptable data loss in case of a disruption
of operations. It indicates the earliest point in time that is acceptable
to recover the data. The RPO effectively quantifies the permissible
amount of data loss in case of interruption.
Recovery time objective The amount of time allowed for the recovery of a business function or
resource after a disaster occurs.
Service delivery Directly related to the business needs, SDO is the level of services to
objective be reached during the alternate process mode until the normal
situation is restored.
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Management and Response
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Incident Classification
▪ Classifying incidents:
– Enables an appropriate
response for each incident
– Improves cost effectiveness
– Makes it easier to design
detective controls
▪ Incident are classified
according to causes/effects
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Discussion Question
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The Incident Response Plan
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Incident Response Teams
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Team Composition
Good to Know
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Incident Response Technology Concepts
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Skills
• • Technical
Personal Skills
Technical Skills
Communication
• Writing skills foundation skills
• Leadership • Incident-handling
• Presentation skills skills
• Team building
• Problem solving
• Time
management
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Multi-disciplinary Teams
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Good to Know
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Current State of Incident Response
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Forensics
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Communication
▪ Developing communications
during an incident takes time
away from other time-critical
activities.
▪ Messaging criteria can differ
depending on the incident.
▪ Templates can help to make
communication easier and
faster.
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Quality-associated Factors
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Time-associated Factors
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Response and Recovery
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Discussion Question
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Plan Integration
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Management Support
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Questions
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Section One
Practice Questions
Practice Question
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Practice Question
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Practice Question
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Practice Question
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Section Two
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Task Statements
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Task to Knowledge Statements
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Key Terms
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Training
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Testing Considerations
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Types of Tests
▪ Checklist review: Recovery
checklists are reviewed to ensure
they are current.
▪ Structured walkthrough: Team
members physically implement that
plans on paper and review each
step.
▪ Simulation test: The IRT role-plays a
prepared disaster scenarios without
activating the recovery site.
▪ Parallel test: The recovery site is
brought to a state of operational
readiness, but the primary site
continues as normal.
▪ Full interruption test: Operations are
shut down at the primary site and
shifted to the recovery site.
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Testing Progression
Testing
infrastructure,
Testing critical
infrastructure and applications and
recovery of end user
Testing critical involvement
infrastructure and applications
communication
Table-top
walkthrough
with disaster
scenarios
Table-top
walkthrough
of plans
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Testing Categories
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Good to Know
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Testing Phases
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Evaluation Criteria
▪ Evaluation criteria is depend on
the type of test:
– Paper tests focus on process.
– Tests involving real systems
should balance process with
demonstrated outcomes.
▪ Testing can be used to highlight
the importance of following
procedures and document skills
of the IRT.
▪ An independent third party
should monitor and evaluate the
test.
▪ Make note of procedures that did
not work.
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Questions
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Section Two
Practice Questions
Practice Question
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Practice Question
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Practice Question
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Practice Question
A. Governance
B. Risk management
C. Compliance
D. Information security
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Section Three
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Task Statements
▪ T4.3 Develop and implement processes to ensure the
timely identification of information security incidents that
could impact the business.
▪ T4.4 Establish and maintain incident notification and
escalation processes to ensure that the appropriate
stakeholders are involved in incident response
management.
▪ T4.5 Establish and maintain incident notification and
escalation processes to ensure that the appropriate
stakeholders are involved in incident response
management.
▪ T4.9 Conduct post-incident reviews to determine the root
cause of information security incidents, develop
corrective actions, reassess risk, evaluate response
effectiveness and take appropriate remedial actions.
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K4.2 Significant experience over time has normalized a basic standard for
incident response planning.
K4.4 How incidents are evaluated and classified has implications for
procedures and trend analysis.
K4.6 Incidents can move quickly, and having clear thresholds for notification
and escalation helps to get the right people involved at the right time.
K4.7 Knowing what functions need to be completed and who is doing them is
important in avoiding gaps in planning and execution.
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Task to Knowledge Statements
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Key Terms
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Key Terms
Key Term Definition
Intrusion detection Inspects network and host security activity to identify suspicious
system patterns that may indicate a network or system attack.
Intrusion prevention A system designed to not only detect attacks, but also to prevent the
system intended victim hosts from being affected by the attacks.
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Effectiveness and Efficiency
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SIEM
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Incident Management
System Considerations
▪ Some considerations for incident management
systems include:
– Operating costs: In the absence of an automated incident
management system, staff must perform these tasks
manually. Training and maintenance costs are higher, and
the risk of human error is higher.
– Recovery costs: An automated system can detect and
escalate incidents faster than a manual process, reducing
further damage.
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Manual Reporting
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Notification
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Investigation
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Triage
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Escalation
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External Notification
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Preserving/Collecting Evidence
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Documentation
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Post-incident Review
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Discussion Question
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Good to Know
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Questions
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Section Three
Practice Questions
Practice Question
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Practice Question
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Practice Question
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Practice Question
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Domain 4
Summary
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Summary
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Summary
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Summary
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