Scenario: An organization has recently appointed a CISO. This is a new role in the organization and it signals the increasing need to address security consistently at the enterprise level. This new CISO, while confident with skills and experience, is constantly on the defensive and is unable to advance the IT security centric agenda.
Which of the following is the reason the CISO has not been able to advance the security agenda in this organization?

The new CISO was informed of all the Information Security projects that the organization has in progress. Two projects are over a year behind schedule and over budget. Using best business practices for project management you determine that the project correctly aligns with the company goals.
Which of the following needs to be performed NEXT?

Which of the following is considered one of the most frequent failures in project management?

Scenario: An organization has made a decision to address Information Security formally and consistently by adopting established best practices and industry standards. The organization is a small retail merchant but it is expected to grow to a global customer base of many millions of customers in just a few years. The organization has already been subject to a significant amount of credit card fraud.
Which of the following is the MOST likely reason for this fraud?

A business unit within your organization intends to deploy a new technology in a manner that places it in violation of existing information security standards.
What immediate action should the information security manager take?