Security Governance and Compliance Questions

Covers establishing, operating, and maturing organization level security governance and compliance programs. Topics include selecting and tailoring security standards and frameworks such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology frameworks and ISO 27001, developing and enforcing security policies and control catalogs, mapping regulatory and contractual requirements to technical and procedural controls, conducting risk assessments and controls testing, managing third party and vendor audits, defining governance roles and escalation paths, building security roadmaps and program metrics, and scaling security practices across business units and geographies. Candidates should be able to discuss program design and lifecycle management, audit readiness and certification processes, compliance monitoring and reporting, enforcement and remediation workflows, stakeholder engagement and change management, integration with engineering and cloud operations, and continuous improvement of controls and program maturity.