As a manager, do you have the authorization to allow a senior executive to use their home laptop in the office?

One way to prepare for an interview is to contact past and current information security professionals within the organization to ask about their policies, practices, and procedures. The more you know about these topics, the easier it will be for you to respond to the interviewer's questions with answers aligned to their current practices. Doing this will result in the interviewer already envisioning you in this role.

"In the organizations I previously worked for, I had the authority to authorize the use of a personal laptop within the company's intranet. I felt comfortable doing this because I had established strict guidelines for this practice. Individuals had to notify the IT organization when using a personal laptop and provide access to it so information security personnel could scan the system for any vulnerabilities, bugs, or malware that may infect the organization's network and cause harm. Of course, I would only do this once hired if your organization's policies permitted it."