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ISC CISSP Practice Test 18

Question 170

A previous security situation was: Customer support staff print restricted account records but leave them in a shared printer tray overnight. Now the requirement changes: The team needs to send a signed hardcopy to a legal office. Which NEW action BEST answers the changed need?

  1. Use trackable courier chain of custody and receipt confirmation.
  2. Implement approved secure-release printing and immediate custody and disposal procedures.
  3. Enforce a stronger database password policy and ignore printouts.
  4. Walk-through tests show unclaimed print jobs cannot be obtained by unauthorized staff.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Protected external document transfer changes the custody pathway. The revised action is Use trackable courier chain of custody and receipt confirmation.

Incorrect Answers

B:

This is the appropriate response to the original situation: Physical output can expose classified data even when the digital system is access-controlled. It does not directly meet the new condition.

C:

This remains inappropriate: Database passwords do not protect unattended paper at a shared printer.

D:

This is a record of how the initial safeguard would be checked, not an action implementing the newly requested condition: Walk-through tests show unclaimed print jobs cannot be obtained by unauthorized staff.

Question 171

After a merger, a cloud repository has an administrator but no documented business owner for customer information. Which recommendation should the security leader make FIRST to address the stated objective?

  1. Treat the backup administrator as automatically authorized to approve every business use.
  2. An approved inventory links repository, business owner, custodian and documented access decisions.
  3. Update asset custody, entitlements and operations records without transferring business ownership.
  4. Assign a responsible data owner and record the repository, custodial duties and approved access criteria.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

An accountable owner must make classification and usage decisions while custodians operate the platform. The scenario is: After a merger, a cloud repository has an administrator but no documented business owner for customer information.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Operating a backup service does not establish authority over customer-data purpose or classification. The rejected action is: Treat the backup administrator as automatically authorized to approve every business use.

B:

This is useful evidence after implementation, rather than the FIRST recommended decision for this objective. An approved inventory links repository, business owner, custodian and documented access decisions.

C:

This addresses a distinct subsequent requirement: A newly appointed custodian takes over repository operations next quarter. Custodian changes alter operational responsibility, not the underlying ownership/accountability.

Question 172

After a merger, a cloud repository has an administrator but no documented business owner for customer information. A colleague instead proposes: "Treat the backup administrator as automatically authorized to approve every business use." Which finding BEST explains why the proposal should be rejected?

  1. Its only deficiency is a missing executive signature, even if the design still fails the stated requirement.
  2. It is inadequate only because of a different later condition: A newly appointed custodian takes over repository operations next quarter.
  3. No evidence or governance records should be retained when evaluating this 2.3 decision.
  4. Operating a backup service does not establish authority over customer-data purpose or classification.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Operating a backup service does not establish authority over customer-data purpose or classification. This directly invalidates the proposed action: Treat the backup administrator as automatically authorized to approve every business use.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Approval alone cannot fix the specific weakness: Operating a backup service does not establish authority over customer-data purpose or classification.

B:

The subsequent circumstance is separate and does not explain why this proposed action fails the initial case. Custodian changes alter operational responsibility, not the underlying ownership/accountability.

C:

Destroying records would weaken oversight and cannot remedy the immediate technical or governance flaw: Operating a backup service does not establish authority over customer-data purpose or classification.

Question 173

After a merger, a cloud repository has an administrator but no documented business owner for customer information. After implementing "Assign a responsible data owner and record the repository, custodial duties and approved access criteria.", what evidence BEST demonstrates that the intended security outcome is functioning?

  1. A note proposing to test this exact 2.3 measure in a future quarter.
  2. A declaration that no incident has been reported, without exercising the relevant control.
  3. A meeting record that the alternate design "Update asset custody, entitlements and operations records without transferring business ownership." was discussed but never tested.
  4. An approved inventory links repository, business owner, custodian and documented access decisions.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

An approved inventory links repository, business owner, custodian and documented access decisions. This verifies the original requirement because an accountable owner must make classification and usage decisions while custodians operate the platform.

Incorrect Answers

A:

An unexecuted future plan does not prove current effectiveness for the stated 2.3 objective. The evidence should include: An approved inventory links repository, business owner, custodian and documented access decisions.

B:

Absence of reported incidents is not a controlled validation of the requirement. A stronger proof is: An approved inventory links repository, business owner, custodian and documented access decisions.

C:

Discussion of a different design does not demonstrate the deployed control. Custodian changes alter operational responsibility, not the underlying ownership/accountability.

Question 174

The organization previously faced this problem: After a merger, a cloud repository has an administrator but no documented business owner for customer information. Its requirement then changes: A newly appointed custodian takes over repository operations next quarter. Which revised action BEST meets the new requirement?

  1. Assign a responsible data owner and record the repository, custodial duties and approved access criteria.
  2. Treat the backup administrator as automatically authorized to approve every business use.
  3. Keep the original 2.3 policy unchanged, and defer the newly identified requirement without a risk decision.
  4. Update asset custody, entitlements and operations records without transferring business ownership.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Custodian changes alter operational responsibility, not the underlying ownership/accountability. The appropriate revised action is: Update asset custody, entitlements and operations records without transferring business ownership.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This addresses the original situation: An accountable owner must make classification and usage decisions while custodians operate the platform. It does not directly meet the changed requirement: A newly appointed custodian takes over repository operations next quarter.

B:

The earlier rejected approach remains inappropriate. Operating a backup service does not establish authority over customer-data purpose or classification.

C:

The new requirement needs an accountable response, not automatic deferral. Custodian changes alter operational responsibility, not the underlying ownership/accountability.

Question 175

A cloud analytics warehouse has three teams editing access policy, but nobody approves dataset retention or permitted secondary use. What should the security manager recommend as the MOST appropriate response to the current requirement?

  1. Give every storage engineer unlimited authority to repurpose customer information.
  2. Delegate stewardship tasks while retaining owner accountability for purpose and protection.
  3. Reconcile asset IDs, custody events and responsible custodians before reissuing the disks.
  4. Designate a business information owner with documented classification, purpose and lifecycle authority.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Custodial engineering responsibilities do not replace business ownership decisions. This directly addresses the stated situation.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Operating infrastructure does not grant lawful or business approval for new data uses. The proposal would not be defensible for this case.

B:

This is appropriate for a later condition (A new team assumes daily data quality monitoring without changing lawful use.), but it does not directly resolve the initial need. Operational stewardship is distinct from ownership of information risk.

C:

This response addresses a different condition: After a datacenter inventory transfer, several encrypted disks have missing custodian signatures and unclear asset assignment. The present case requires the measure described by Designate a business information owner with documented classification, purpose and lifecycle authority.

Question 176

A cloud analytics warehouse has three teams editing access policy, but nobody approves dataset retention or permitted secondary use. A designer proposes: Give every storage engineer unlimited authority to repurpose customer information. What is the MOST significant security deficiency in this proposal?

  1. Missing custody history cannot be cured by silently resetting records.
  2. Operational stewardship is distinct from ownership of information risk.
  3. Assets must have traceable handling authority and inventory lifecycle records.
  4. Operating infrastructure does not grant lawful or business approval for new data uses.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Operating infrastructure does not grant lawful or business approval for new data uses. This is the direct weakness in the proposed action.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This is a limitation elsewhere: After a datacenter inventory transfer, several encrypted disks have missing custodian signatures and unclear asset assignment. It does not explain the deficiency of the specified proposed approach.

B:

This explains a later shift in requirements (A new team assumes daily data quality monitoring without changing lawful use.), not the failure of the current proposal.

C:

This is an advantage of another design (Reconcile asset IDs, custody events and responsible custodians before reissuing the disks.), not the particular flaw of Give every storage engineer unlimited authority to repurpose customer information.

Question 177

A cloud analytics warehouse has three teams editing access policy, but nobody approves dataset retention or permitted secondary use. The organization has now implemented this response: Designate a business information owner with documented classification, purpose and lifecycle authority. Which observation would MOST directly demonstrate that the security objective was met?

  1. A signed reconciliation confirms device IDs, prior and new custodians, and exception investigations.
  2. Cloud inventory and replication policies demonstrate every copy remains in approved locations.
  3. An approved change ticket for Designate a business information owner with documented classification, purpose and lifecycle authority. without a completed verification result.
  4. The inventory identifies the owner, steward, custodian, usage approvals and escalation path.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

The inventory identifies the owner, steward, custodian, usage approvals and escalation path. This validates that custodial engineering responsibilities do not replace business ownership decisions.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This demonstrates controls in another circumstance: After a datacenter inventory transfer, several encrypted disks have missing custodian signatures and unclear asset assignment.

B:

This other observation is relevant to: A public-sector agency stores backup copies in a region with a different legal jurisdiction than its production database.

C:

An approved change without an executed test cannot prove operating effectiveness. The needed evidence is The inventory identifies the owner, steward, custodian, usage approvals and escalation path.

Question 178

A previous security situation was: A cloud analytics warehouse has three teams editing access policy, but nobody approves dataset retention or permitted secondary use. Now the requirement changes: A new team assumes daily data quality monitoring without changing lawful use. Which NEW action BEST answers the changed need?

  1. Designate a business information owner with documented classification, purpose and lifecycle authority.
  2. Give every storage engineer unlimited authority to repurpose customer information.
  3. The inventory identifies the owner, steward, custodian, usage approvals and escalation path.
  4. Delegate stewardship tasks while retaining owner accountability for purpose and protection.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Operational stewardship is distinct from ownership of information risk. The revised action is Delegate stewardship tasks while retaining owner accountability for purpose and protection.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This is the appropriate response to the original situation: Custodial engineering responsibilities do not replace business ownership decisions. It does not directly meet the new condition.

B:

This remains inappropriate: Operating infrastructure does not grant lawful or business approval for new data uses.

C:

This is a record of how the initial safeguard would be checked, not an action implementing the newly requested condition: The inventory identifies the owner, steward, custodian, usage approvals and escalation path.

Question 179

After a datacenter inventory transfer, several encrypted disks have missing custodian signatures and unclear asset assignment. What should the security manager recommend as the MOST appropriate response to the current requirement?

  1. Initiate loss response, key compromise assessment and applicable notifications.
  2. Designate a business information owner with documented classification, purpose and lifecycle authority.
  3. Reconcile asset IDs, custody events and responsible custodians before reissuing the disks.
  4. Erase the inventory and treat unaccounted devices as newly issued stock.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Assets must have traceable handling authority and inventory lifecycle records. This directly addresses the stated situation.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This is appropriate for a later condition (A device is confirmed lost with encryption keys also exposed.), but it does not directly resolve the initial need. The changed risk involves potential disclosure requiring incident treatment beyond asset assignment.

B:

This response addresses a different condition: A cloud analytics warehouse has three teams editing access policy, but nobody approves dataset retention or permitted secondary use. The present case requires the measure described by Reconcile asset IDs, custody events and responsible custodians before reissuing the disks.

D:

Missing custody history cannot be cured by silently resetting records. The proposal would not be defensible for this case.

Question 180

After a datacenter inventory transfer, several encrypted disks have missing custodian signatures and unclear asset assignment. A later change introduces this additional requirement: A device is confirmed lost with encryption keys also exposed. Select THREE elements that together supply the initial control, objective evidence of effectiveness, and the changed-requirement response. (Select THREE.)

  1. Initiate loss response, key compromise assessment and applicable notifications.
  2. Erase the inventory and treat unaccounted devices as newly issued stock.
  3. Designate a business information owner with documented classification, purpose and lifecycle authority.
  4. The inventory identifies the owner, steward, custodian, usage approvals and escalation path.
  5. Reconcile asset IDs, custody events and responsible custodians before reissuing the disks.
  6. A signed reconciliation confirms device IDs, prior and new custodians, and exception investigations.

Explanation

Correct Answers

A:

Correct — changed condition. The changed risk involves potential disclosure requiring incident treatment beyond asset assignment.

E:

Correct — initial control. Assets must have traceable handling authority and inventory lifecycle records.

F:

Correct — observable control evidence. The relevant result is: A signed reconciliation confirms device IDs, prior and new custodians, and exception investigations. This provides a completed control test rather than an implementation promise.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Incorrect — it fails the original constraint. Missing custody history cannot be cured by silently resetting records.

C:

Incorrect — the measure Designate a business information owner with documented classification, purpose and lifecycle authority. addresses a different case: A cloud analytics warehouse has three teams editing access policy, but nobody approves dataset retention or permitted secondary use.

D:

Incorrect — this evidence applies to another case: A cloud analytics warehouse has three teams editing access policy, but nobody approves dataset retention or permitted secondary use. The specified requirement here is After a datacenter inventory transfer, several encrypted disks have missing custodian signatures and unclear asset assignment.

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