You're reading from ISACA Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC®) Exam Guide

Product type Book

Published in Sep 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803236902

Pages 316 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Cybersecurity

Author (1):

Shobhit Mehta

Table of Contents (28) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Governance, Risk, and Compliance and CRISC

2. Chapter 1: Governance, Risk, and Compliance

3. Chapter 2: CRISC Practice Areas and the ISACA Mindset

4. Part 2: Organizational Governance, Three Lines of Defense, and Ethical Risk Management

5. Chapter 3: Organizational Governance, Policies, and Risk Management

6. Chapter 4: The Three Lines of Defense and Cybersecurity

7. Chapter 5: Legal Requirements and the Ethics of Risk Management

8. Part 3: IT Risk Assessment, Threat Management, and Risk Analysis

9. Chapter 6: Risk Management Life Cycle

10. Chapter 7: Threat, Vulnerability, and Risk

11. Chapter 8: Risk Assessment Concepts, Standards, and Frameworks

12. Chapter 9: Business Impact Analysis, and Inherent and Residual Risk

13. Part 4: Risk Response, Reporting, Monitoring, and Ownership

14. Chapter 10: Risk Response and Control Ownership

15. Chapter 11: Third-Party Risk Management

16. Chapter 12: Control Design and Implementation

17. Chapter 13: Log Aggregation, Risk and Control Monitoring, and Reporting

18. Part 5: Information Technology, Security, and Privacy

19. Chapter 14: Enterprise Architecture and Information Technology

20. Chapter 15: Enterprise Resiliency and Data Life Cycle Management

21. Chapter 16: The System Development Life Cycle and Emerging Technologies

22. Chapter 17: Information Security and Privacy Principles

23. Part 6: Practice Quizzes

24. Chapter 18: Practice Quiz – Part 1

25. Chapter 19: Practice Quiz – Part 2

26. Index

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