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ISC CISSP Practice Test 19

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.

Question 181

After a datacenter inventory transfer, several encrypted disks have missing custodian signatures and unclear asset assignment. The organization has now implemented this response: Reconcile asset IDs, custody events and responsible custodians before reissuing the disks. Which observation would MOST directly demonstrate that the security objective was met?

  1. Signed sanitization records reconcile array serials, component inventory and verified disposition.
  2. An approved change ticket for Reconcile asset IDs, custody events and responsible custodians before reissuing the disks. without a completed verification result.
  3. A signed reconciliation confirms device IDs, prior and new custodians, and exception investigations.
  4. The inventory identifies the owner, steward, custodian, usage approvals and escalation path.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

A signed reconciliation confirms device IDs, prior and new custodians, and exception investigations. This validates that assets must have traceable handling authority and inventory lifecycle records.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This other observation is relevant to: A manufacturer decommissions a storage array after moving confidential designs, but snapshots and spare disks remain attached.

B:

An approved change without an executed test cannot prove operating effectiveness. The needed evidence is A signed reconciliation confirms device IDs, prior and new custodians, and exception investigations.

D:

This demonstrates controls in another circumstance: A cloud analytics warehouse has three teams editing access policy, but nobody approves dataset retention or permitted secondary use.

Question 182

A previous security situation was: After a datacenter inventory transfer, several encrypted disks have missing custodian signatures and unclear asset assignment. Now the requirement changes: A device is confirmed lost with encryption keys also exposed. Which NEW action BEST answers the changed need?

  1. Erase the inventory and treat unaccounted devices as newly issued stock.
  2. A signed reconciliation confirms device IDs, prior and new custodians, and exception investigations.
  3. Initiate loss response, key compromise assessment and applicable notifications.
  4. Reconcile asset IDs, custody events and responsible custodians before reissuing the disks.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

The changed risk involves potential disclosure requiring incident treatment beyond asset assignment. The revised action is Initiate loss response, key compromise assessment and applicable notifications.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This remains inappropriate: Missing custody history cannot be cured by silently resetting records.

B:

This is a record of how the initial safeguard would be checked, not an action implementing the newly requested condition: A signed reconciliation confirms device IDs, prior and new custodians, and exception investigations.

D:

This is the appropriate response to the original situation: Assets must have traceable handling authority and inventory lifecycle records. It does not directly meet the new condition.

Question 183

A company is retiring backup tapes that may contain regulated personal data after their statutory retention period ends. Which recommendation should the security leader make FIRST to address the stated objective?

  1. Apply a quick file-system format and resell the tapes as clean.
  2. A destruction certificate reconciles each tape's inventory ID, approved method and chain of custody.
  3. Suspend destruction of held tapes, preserve integrity and document hold-release authority.
  4. Use verified media sanitization or destruction appropriate to the media and document the disposition.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Data remanence makes deletion or formatting inadequate for some media; final handling needs verifiable destruction. The scenario is: A company is retiring backup tapes that may contain regulated personal data after their statutory retention period ends.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Formatting may leave recoverable information and is not a reliable sanitization method. The rejected action is: Apply a quick file-system format and resell the tapes as clean.

B:

This is useful evidence after implementation, rather than the FIRST recommended decision for this objective. A destruction certificate reconciles each tape's inventory ID, approved method and chain of custody.

C:

This addresses a distinct subsequent requirement: Legal counsel then issues a litigation hold over a subset of tapes that would otherwise be destroyed. Legal preservation duties override the normal disposal schedule for data covered by the hold.

Question 184

A company is retiring backup tapes that may contain regulated personal data after their statutory retention period ends. A colleague instead proposes: "Apply a quick file-system format and resell the tapes as clean." 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: Legal counsel then issues a litigation hold over a subset of tapes that would otherwise be destroyed.
  3. No evidence or governance records should be retained when evaluating this 2.4 decision.
  4. Formatting may leave recoverable information and is not a reliable sanitization method.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Formatting may leave recoverable information and is not a reliable sanitization method. This directly invalidates the proposed action: Apply a quick file-system format and resell the tapes as clean.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Approval alone cannot fix the specific weakness: Formatting may leave recoverable information and is not a reliable sanitization method.

B:

The subsequent circumstance is separate and does not explain why this proposed action fails the initial case. Legal preservation duties override the normal disposal schedule for data covered by the hold.

C:

Destroying records would weaken oversight and cannot remedy the immediate technical or governance flaw: Formatting may leave recoverable information and is not a reliable sanitization method.

Question 185

A company is retiring backup tapes that may contain regulated personal data after their statutory retention period ends. After implementing "Use verified media sanitization or destruction appropriate to the media and document the disposition.", what evidence BEST demonstrates that the intended security outcome is functioning?

  1. A note proposing to test this exact 2.4 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 "Suspend destruction of held tapes, preserve integrity and document hold-release authority." was discussed but never tested.
  4. A destruction certificate reconciles each tape's inventory ID, approved method and chain of custody.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

A destruction certificate reconciles each tape's inventory ID, approved method and chain of custody. This verifies the original requirement because data remanence makes deletion or formatting inadequate for some media; final handling needs verifiable destruction.

Incorrect Answers

A:

An unexecuted future plan does not prove current effectiveness for the stated 2.4 objective. The evidence should include: A destruction certificate reconciles each tape's inventory ID, approved method and chain of custody.

B:

Absence of reported incidents is not a controlled validation of the requirement. A stronger proof is: A destruction certificate reconciles each tape's inventory ID, approved method and chain of custody.

C:

Discussion of a different design does not demonstrate the deployed control. Legal preservation duties override the normal disposal schedule for data covered by the hold.

Question 186

The organization previously faced this problem: A company is retiring backup tapes that may contain regulated personal data after their statutory retention period ends. Its requirement then changes: Legal counsel then issues a litigation hold over a subset of tapes that would otherwise be destroyed. Which revised action BEST meets the new requirement?

  1. Use verified media sanitization or destruction appropriate to the media and document the disposition.
  2. Apply a quick file-system format and resell the tapes as clean.
  3. Keep the original 2.4 policy unchanged, and defer the newly identified requirement without a risk decision.
  4. Suspend destruction of held tapes, preserve integrity and document hold-release authority.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Legal preservation duties override the normal disposal schedule for data covered by the hold. The appropriate revised action is: Suspend destruction of held tapes, preserve integrity and document hold-release authority.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This addresses the original situation: Data remanence makes deletion or formatting inadequate for some media; final handling needs verifiable destruction. It does not directly meet the changed requirement: Legal counsel then issues a litigation hold over a subset of tapes that would otherwise be destroyed.

B:

The earlier rejected approach remains inappropriate. Formatting may leave recoverable information and is not a reliable sanitization method.

C:

The new requirement needs an accountable response, not automatic deferral. Legal preservation duties override the normal disposal schedule for data covered by the hold.

Question 187

A retail analytics team retains raw customer browsing events indefinitely despite a documented ninety-day operational need. What should the security manager recommend as the MOST appropriate response to the current requirement?

  1. Use a media-appropriate validated sanitization method such as supported cryptographic erase or destruction.
  2. Enforce purpose-bound retention and automated deletion or aggregation at the approved endpoint.
  3. Retain raw identifiable histories forever to preserve hypothetical future use.
  4. Create separately scoped retention with approved purpose, access and expiry.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Longer-than-needed storage enlarges privacy, breach and discovery exposure. This directly addresses the stated situation.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This response addresses a different condition: A research organization wants secure erasure of solid-state drives before disposal, but overwriting reports may not cover spare blocks. The present case requires the measure described by Enforce purpose-bound retention and automated deletion or aggregation at the approved endpoint.

C:

Speculative use does not justify indefinite personal data retention. The proposal would not be defensible for this case.

D:

This is appropriate for a later condition (The fraud team later shows a documented lawful need for a limited longer retention subset.), but it does not directly resolve the initial need. An evidence-based exception can preserve necessary data without indefinite general retention.

Question 188

A retail analytics team retains raw customer browsing events indefinitely despite a documented ninety-day operational need. A designer proposes: Retain raw identifiable histories forever to preserve hypothetical future use. What is the MOST significant security deficiency in this proposal?

  1. Data location includes replicas and backups, not merely primary database configuration.
  2. Speculative use does not justify indefinite personal data retention.
  3. Untracked replicas can violate residency obligations despite compliant production placement.
  4. An evidence-based exception can preserve necessary data without indefinite general retention.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Speculative use does not justify indefinite personal data retention. This is the direct weakness in the proposed action.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This is an advantage of another design (Map all primary and replica data locations and ensure approved residency and contractual rules.), not the particular flaw of Retain raw identifiable histories forever to preserve hypothetical future use.

C:

This is a limitation elsewhere: A public-sector agency stores backup copies in a region with a different legal jurisdiction than its production database. It does not explain the deficiency of the specified proposed approach.

D:

This explains a later shift in requirements (The fraud team later shows a documented lawful need for a limited longer retention subset.), not the failure of the current proposal.

Question 189

A retail analytics team retains raw customer browsing events indefinitely despite a documented ninety-day operational need. The organization has now implemented this response: Enforce purpose-bound retention and automated deletion or aggregation at the approved endpoint. Which observation would MOST directly demonstrate that the security objective was met?

  1. An approved change ticket for Enforce purpose-bound retention and automated deletion or aggregation at the approved endpoint. without a completed verification result.
  2. Scheduled deletion logs and independent samples confirm ninety-day cutoff and approved exceptions.
  3. Signed sanitization records reconcile array serials, component inventory and verified disposition.
  4. Cloud inventory and replication policies demonstrate every copy remains in approved locations.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Scheduled deletion logs and independent samples confirm ninety-day cutoff and approved exceptions. This validates that longer-than-needed storage enlarges privacy, breach and discovery exposure.

Incorrect Answers

A:

An approved change without an executed test cannot prove operating effectiveness. The needed evidence is Scheduled deletion logs and independent samples confirm ninety-day cutoff and approved exceptions.

C:

This demonstrates controls in another circumstance: A manufacturer decommissions a storage array after moving confidential designs, but snapshots and spare disks remain attached.

D:

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. In the current case, the assessed requirement is: A retail analytics team retains raw customer browsing events indefinitely despite a documented ninety-day operational need. The organization has now implemented this response: Enforce purpose-bound retention and automated deletion or aggregation at the approved endpoint. Which observation would MOST directly demonstrate that the security objective was met.

Question 190

A previous security situation was: A retail analytics team retains raw customer browsing events indefinitely despite a documented ninety-day operational need. Now the requirement changes: The fraud team later shows a documented lawful need for a limited longer retention subset. Which NEW action BEST answers the changed need?

  1. Scheduled deletion logs and independent samples confirm ninety-day cutoff and approved exceptions.
  2. Create separately scoped retention with approved purpose, access and expiry.
  3. Enforce purpose-bound retention and automated deletion or aggregation at the approved endpoint.
  4. Retain raw identifiable histories forever to preserve hypothetical future use.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

An evidence-based exception can preserve necessary data without indefinite general retention. The revised action is Create separately scoped retention with approved purpose, access and expiry.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This is a record of how the initial safeguard would be checked, not an action implementing the newly requested condition: Scheduled deletion logs and independent samples confirm ninety-day cutoff and approved exceptions.

C:

This is the appropriate response to the original situation: Longer-than-needed storage enlarges privacy, breach and discovery exposure. It does not directly meet the new condition.

D:

This remains inappropriate: Speculative use does not justify indefinite personal data retention.

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