ASIS Intelligence Officer Psychometric Assessment flashcards

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Intelligence Cycle

The recurring sequence of direction, collection, processing, analysis and production, and dissemination that turns requirements into finished intelligence for decision-makers.

Analysis of Competing Hypotheses

A structured technique that lists alternative hypotheses and scores evidence by consistency, favoring the hypothesis with the least inconsistent evidence rather than the most support.

Admiralty Source Rating

A two-part grading scheme using letters A through F for source reliability and digits 1 through 6 for information credibility, such as A1 for confirmed reliable reporting.

Confirmation Bias

The tendency to search for, interpret, and remember information that supports existing beliefs while discounting contradictory evidence, distorting analytic judgments.

Indicator List

A set of observable events or conditions monitored over time because their presence or absence helps distinguish between competing hypotheses or warn of change.

Open Source Intelligence

Intelligence derived from publicly available information such as media, government records, and commercial data, collected and analyzed lawfully without covert means.

Risk Formula

A common model expressing risk as the product of threat, vulnerability, and consequence, so reducing any single factor lowers overall risk exposure.

Residual Risk

The level of risk that remains after security controls and treatments have been applied, which leadership must formally accept or further reduce.

CARVER Matrix

A target prioritization tool scoring criticality, accessibility, recoverability, vulnerability, effect, and recognizability to rank assets by attractiveness to adversaries.

Defense in Depth

A layered security strategy using multiple independent controls so that failure or bypass of one layer does not compromise the entire protection system.

Threat Actor

An individual or group with the intent and capability to cause harm, ranging from insiders and activists to organized crime and state-sponsored entities.

Risk Treatment Options

Four standard responses to identified risk: avoid the activity, reduce it with controls, transfer it to another party, or accept it with documented approval.

Chain of Custody

A documented chronological record of who collected, handled, transferred, and stored evidence, used to demonstrate integrity and support admissibility in proceedings.

Order of Volatility

A prioritization rule for evidence collection that captures the most perishable data first, such as memory and cache, before disks, logs, and backups.

Incident Response Phases

The standard sequence of preparation, detection and analysis, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident lessons learned used to manage security incidents.

Least Privilege

A control principle granting users and systems only the access rights necessary to perform their assigned tasks, reducing insider misuse and accidental damage.

Role-Based Access Control

An access model that assigns permissions to roles rather than individuals, so users inherit rights through their assigned organizational role.

Business Continuity Plan

A documented strategy for maintaining or rapidly restoring critical business functions during and after a disruption, distinct from technical disaster recovery.

Priority Intelligence Requirements

Formally prioritized questions that intelligence must answer to support a specific decision or plan, guiding collection and analytic effort.

Bottom Line Up Front

A reporting convention placing the key judgment, conclusion, or recommendation at the very start of a product, followed by supporting evidence and detail.

Estimative Language

Calibrated probability terms such as likely, very likely, or unlikely that convey an analytic judgment's odds consistently and transparently to consumers.

Analytic Confidence

A rating of high, moderate, or low describing the strength of sourcing and reasoning behind a judgment, distinct from the probability of the event.

Collection Plan

A document mapping each intelligence requirement to specific collection assets, disciplines, deadlines, and reporting channels needed to satisfy it.

Proportionality

A legal and ethical principle requiring that collection or action be no more intrusive than necessary to achieve a legitimate and necessary objective.

Data Minimization

A data protection principle limiting collection and retention to personal information that is adequate, relevant, and necessary for the stated lawful purpose.

Need-to-Know Principle

An access rule granting information only to individuals whose duties require it, limiting exposure and supporting compartmentation of sensitive material.

Purpose Limitation

A data protection rule requiring that information collected for one stated purpose not be used for unrelated purposes without a new lawful basis.

Active Listening

A communication technique using paraphrasing, reflective statements, open questions, and summarizing to confirm understanding and encourage the speaker to elaborate.

Rapport Building

Establishing trust and mutual understanding through empathy, attentive listening, and shared interests, creating conditions where information is willingly exchanged.

Open Versus Closed Questions

Open questions invite narrative and detail, while closed questions seek confirmation of specific facts and typically yield yes, no, or short answers.

Anchoring Bias

A cognitive bias in which the first information encountered disproportionately influences subsequent estimates, even when that initial value is arbitrary.

Groupthink

A failure mode in cohesive groups where pressure for consensus suppresses dissent, self-censorship, and realistic appraisal of alternatives, degrading decision quality.