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ISC2 CSSLP Exam Questions
- Topic 1: Secure Software Concepts: Covers foundational security principles like confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, and authorization, along with secure design principles such as least privilege, defense in depth, and open design.
- Topic 2: Secure Software Lifecycle Management: Covers integrating security across the full software development lifecycle, including methodologies, metrics, documentation, risk management, decommissioning, and secure operational practices.
- Topic 3: Secure Software Requirements: Focuses on defining functional and non-functional security requirements, compliance obligations, data classification, privacy needs, access provisioning, and third-party vendor security expectations.
- Topic 4: Secure Software Architecture and Design: Covers designing secure systems through threat modeling, architectural risk assessments, secure interface design, and technology evaluation across cloud, mobile, IoT, and embedded environments.
- Topic 5: Secure Software Implementation: Addresses secure coding practices, code analysis, integration of security controls, and build-time security measures like code signing and compiler hardening.
- Topic 6: Secure Software Testing: Covers planning and executing security testing including vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, fuzzing, cryptographic validation, and secure test data management.
- Topic 7: Secure Software Deployment, Operations, Maintenance: Addresses secure software release, configuration management, runtime protection, incident response, patch management, and business continuity in production environments.
- Topic 8: Secure Software Supply Chain: Covers managing third-party software risks through supplier assessments, software bill of materials, provenance verification, and contractual security requirements.
Free ISC2 CSSLP Exam Actual Questions
Note: Premium Questions for CSSLP were last updated On Aug. 12, 2026 (see below)
In 2003, NIST developed a new Certification & Accreditation (C&A) guideline known as FIPS 199. What levels of potential impact are defined by FIPS 199?
Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.
In 2003, NIST developed a new Certification & Accreditation (C&A) guideline known as FIPS 199. FIPS 199 is a standard for security
categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems. It defines three levels of potential impact:
Low: It causes a limited adverse effect.
Medium: It causes a serious adverse effect.
High: It causes a severe adverse effect.
How can you calculate the Annualized Loss Expectancy (ALE) that may occur due to a threat?
The Annualized Loss Expectancy (ALE) that occurs due to a threat can be calculated by multiplying the Single Loss Expectancy (SLE) with the
Annualized Rate of Occurrence (ARO).
Annualized Loss Expectancy (ALE) = Single Loss Expectancy (SLE) X Annualized Rate of Occurrence (ARO)
Annualized Rate of Occurrence (ARO) is a number that represents the estimated frequency in which a threat is expected to occur. It is
calculated based upon the probability of the event occurring and the number of employees that could make that event occur.
Single Loss Expectancy (SLE) is the value in dollars that is assigned to a single event. SLE can be calculated by the following formula:
SLE = Asset Value ($) X Exposure Factor (EF)
The Exposure Factor (EF) represents the % of assets loss caused by a threat. The EF is required to calculate Single Loss Expectancy (SLE).
Which of the following are the principle duties performed by the BIOS during POST (power-on-self-test)?
Each correct answer represents a part of the solution. Choose all that apply.
The principle duties performed by the BIOS during POST (power-on-self-test) are as follows:
It verifies the integrity of the BIOS code itself.
It discovers size and verifies system memory.
It discovers, initializes, and catalogs all system hardware.
It delegates control to other BIOS if it is required.
It provides a user interface for system's configuration.
It identifies, organizes, and selects boot devices.
It executes the bootstrap program.
Answer F is incorrect. The BIOS does not interrupt the execution of all running programs.
Which of the following statements about the integrity concept of information security management are true? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose three.
The following statements about the integrity concept of information security management are true:
It ensures that modifications are not made to data by unauthorized personnel or processes.
It ensures that unauthorized modifications are not made to data by authorized personnel or processes.
It ensures that internal information is consistent among all subentities and also consistent with the real-world, external situation.
Answer B is incorrect. Accountability determines the actions and behaviors of an individual within a system, and identifies that particular
individual. Audit trails and logs support accountability.
Frank is the project manager of the NHH Project. He is working with the project team to create a plan to document the procedures to manage risks throughout the project. This document will define how risks will be identified and quantified. It will also define how contingency plans will be implemented by the project team. What document is Frank and the NHH Project team creating in this scenario?
The risk management plan, part of the comprehensive management plan, defines how risks will be identified, analyzed, monitored and
controlled, and even responded to.
A Risk management plan is a document arranged by a project manager to estimate the effectiveness, predict risks, and build response plans
to mitigate them. It also consists of the risk assessment matrix.
Risks are built in with any project, and project managers evaluate risks repeatedly and build plans to address them. The risk management
plan consists of analysis of possible risks with both high and low impacts, and the mitigation strategies to facilitate the project and avoid
being derailed through which the common problems arise. Risk management plans should be timely reviewed by the project team in order to
avoid having the analysis become stale and not reflective of actual potential project risks. Most critically, risk management plans include a risk
strategy for project execution.
Answer C is incorrect. The project management plan is a comprehensive plan that communicates the intent of the project for all project
management knowledge areas.
Answer B is incorrect. The project plan is not an official PMBOK project management plan.
Answer D is incorrect. The resource management plan defines the management of project resources, such as project team members,
facilities, equipment, and contractors.
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