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Who should routinely check on the controls and effectiveness of information security?
Internal auditors, or CIO
What is the most critical step in performing an information security audit?
Establishing a criteria
What is the ultimate goal of systems managers in providing information security?
To harden them
What should systems managers do to insure that periodic software modifications don’t create information security problems?
Change management process
How can administrators insure that data bases are secure, available, and resilient?
Back it up
What kind of network can be used instead of or in conjunction with the internet, to provide better information security within an organization?
VPN (Virtual private network)
What is the biggest information security threat created by the use of electronic social networks such as Facebook?
Identity theft
When is emergency response conducted?
When there is an emergency
What is the term used for an extreme disaster?
catastrophe
During a crisis, where do emergency response teams (ERT’s) gather to execute the emergency response plan (ERP)?
EOC (Emergency Operations Center)
Who is overall in charge of implementing the emergency response plan?
Incident Commander
Who is responsible for notification and dispensing necessary information to appropriate individuals and organizations during a crisis?
Single Point of Contact
Which federal agency, part of the US Department of Homeland Security, is responsible for disaster mitigation and response?
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
What is the name of the federal plan that establishes a national framework to coordinate federal, state, local, and non-governmental entities during crises?
NIMS (National Incident Management System)
How important is coordination with external agencies, if Business Continuity Management is to be successful?
Essential
During which of the 7 phases of emergency management should relationship building with external agencies be conducted?
All of them
What is often the best time for an organization to work with external agencies to improve emergency response planning?
Immediately (ASAP)
What is the most important benefit that response agencies gain from coordinating with private sector organizations?
information
To what extent should an organization’s Business Continuity Plan be compliant with the National Incident Management System?
As much as possible
What is the name of local volunteer groups nationwide who assist emergency management personnel before, during, and after disasters?
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Which organization is historically the most effective NGO in assisting with disaster response and recovery operations?
Red Cross
What is the relationship between the business continuity plan (BCP) and the business impact analysis (BIA)?
Integrated
Which BCP team is responsible for the immediate reaction to a crisis?
Emergency Response Team
Which BCP team has overall responsibility for dealing with a major crisis?
Crisis Management Team
In a crisis, which department coordinates with the organization’s insurers?
Finance Department
During a disaster, which department maintains contact with clients and prospective customers?
Marketing Department
In a crisis, which department implements the use of alternate computer sites?
Information Technology Department (IT)
In a crisis, which department stays in contact with all employees?
Human Resources (HR)
Why should a crisis communication plan have a single point of contact for information provided to the media?
Avoid confusion (conflicting reports)
In dealing with the media, how detailed should responses be?
Simple
In dealing with the media, what is the role of honesty? Placing blame?
Always be honest, NEVER place blame
In dealing with the media, when should questions be avoided? When should “no comment” be the spokesperson’s response?
NEVER avoid questions, NEVER use “no comment”
When should matters be discussed “off the record”?
NEVER
What is the biggest problem in using electronic networks to maintain crisis communications?
Power Goes Down
What is the most important new electronic network tool available for use in crisis communications?
Social Media
What is the degree of reliability of most information received by crisis management personnel during an emergency?
Bad
Post-crisis analysis of data collected during a crisis can help identify what items of value?
Trends or Patterns (Commonalities)
Crisis management personnel use a crisis information management system to analyze the totality of the event. This enables emergency staff to maintain what kind of awareness?
Situational Awareness
A crisis information management system can enhance a community’s disaster preparedness by providing what kind of information before and during an emergency?
Early Warning
One type of recovery tool is a database that matches sources of humanitarian aid with WHAT?
Needs
A modern development is to collect data about a crisis by soliciting inputs from people at the scene of the disaster. What is the name of this technique?
Crowd Sourcing
What is the biggest challenge/potential problem with crisis information collected from unknown sources?
Can't rely on it
Which employees should be made aware of the organization’s business continuity management plan?
All of them
What is the role of senior management in achieving an organization’s goals in business continuity management?
Provide full support
What is the most important benefit that can result from testing and exercising a business continuity management plan?
Finding flaws
Which of the different types of plan exercises is the most commonly conducted?
Tabletops
How often should a business continuity plan exercise be conducted?
Annually
Normally what should an organization’s employees be told about an upcoming business continuity plan exercise?
Know day & time
When should an organization’s business continuity plan be updated?
Continuously