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ISC CISSP Practice Test 49

Question 480

A previous security situation was: A company lets developers sign into the production billing console using unreviewed standing admin privileges. Now the requirement changes: An on-call engineer needs urgent elevation to resolve a production incident. Which NEW action BEST answers the changed need?

  1. Copy all developer permissions from test into production automatically.
  2. Access attestations map production duties to approved roles and expired rights are removed.
  3. Provide time-limited monitored privileged elevation with post-event review.
  4. Apply production-specific least-privilege access with approved elevation and periodic recertification.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Emergency access is controlled by risk and duration rather than a permanent blanket grant. The revised action is Provide time-limited monitored privileged elevation with post-event review.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This remains inappropriate: Testing convenience is not a reason for persistent production administration.

B:

This is a record of how the initial safeguard would be checked, not an action implementing the newly requested condition: Access attestations map production duties to approved roles and expired rights are removed.

D:

This is the appropriate response to the original situation: Different environments and risk levels justify distinct entitlements. It does not directly meet the new condition.

Question 481

Multiple service desks maintain separate visitor identity lists that allow terminated contractors to retain physical access. What should the security manager recommend as the MOST appropriate response to the current requirement?

  1. Tie physical area permissions to approved job need and review badges against owner authorization.
  2. Use a unified authoritative lifecycle and reconciliation of physical identities and badge rights.
  3. Assume each independent desk will notice every employment termination informally.
  4. Provision only the new site's required access after validating a current sponsor.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Federated physical systems need consistent joiner/mover/leaver handling. This directly addresses the stated situation.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This response addresses a different condition: A research laboratory grants after-hours building access to every employee despite a room containing classified prototypes. The present case requires the measure described by Use a unified authoritative lifecycle and reconciliation of physical identities and badge rights.

C:

Manual disconnected lists create stale active badges and poor accountability. The proposal would not be defensible for this case.

D:

This is appropriate for a later condition (A vendor technician begins work at a different regional office.), but it does not directly resolve the initial need. Location change requires reauthorization instead of unrestricted worldwide badge reuse.

Question 482

Multiple service desks maintain separate visitor identity lists that allow terminated contractors to retain physical access. A designer proposes: Assume each independent desk will notice every employment termination informally. What is the MOST significant security deficiency in this proposal?

  1. Multi-tenant facility security must prevent cross-tenant access by support personnel.
  2. Manual disconnected lists create stale active badges and poor accountability.
  3. Employment by the facility operator does not establish each tenant's access authorization.
  4. Location change requires reauthorization instead of unrestricted worldwide badge reuse.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Manual disconnected lists create stale active badges and poor accountability. This is the direct weakness in the proposed action.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This is an advantage of another design (Establish tenant-specific physical security zones with escort and access event review.), not the particular flaw of Assume each independent desk will notice every employment termination informally.

C:

This is a limitation elsewhere: A shared server facility contains several tenants, but cleaning staff have unrestricted access to all equipment cages. It does not explain the deficiency of the specified proposed approach.

D:

This explains a later shift in requirements (A vendor technician begins work at a different regional office.), not the failure of the current proposal.

Question 483

Multiple service desks maintain separate visitor identity lists that allow terminated contractors to retain physical access. The organization has now implemented this response: Use a unified authoritative lifecycle and reconciliation of physical identities and badge rights. Which observation would MOST directly demonstrate that the security objective was met?

  1. An approved change ticket for Use a unified authoritative lifecycle and reconciliation of physical identities and badge rights. without a completed verification result.
  2. Termination simulations invalidate all related entry privileges within the agreed threshold.
  3. Access attestations map production duties to approved roles and expired rights are removed.
  4. Entry tests show unauthorized badges denied and access changes reflected in logs.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Termination simulations invalidate all related entry privileges within the agreed threshold. This validates that federated physical systems need consistent joiner/mover/leaver handling.

Incorrect Answers

A:

An approved change without an executed test cannot prove operating effectiveness. The needed evidence is Termination simulations invalidate all related entry privileges within the agreed threshold.

C:

This demonstrates controls in another circumstance: A company lets developers sign into the production billing console using unreviewed standing admin privileges.

D:

This other observation is relevant to: A research laboratory grants after-hours building access to every employee despite a room containing classified prototypes.

Question 484

A previous security situation was: Multiple service desks maintain separate visitor identity lists that allow terminated contractors to retain physical access. Now the requirement changes: A vendor technician begins work at a different regional office. Which NEW action BEST answers the changed need?

  1. Termination simulations invalidate all related entry privileges within the agreed threshold.
  2. Provision only the new site's required access after validating a current sponsor.
  3. Use a unified authoritative lifecycle and reconciliation of physical identities and badge rights.
  4. Assume each independent desk will notice every employment termination informally.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Location change requires reauthorization instead of unrestricted worldwide badge reuse. The revised action is Provision only the new site's required access after validating a current sponsor.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This is a record of how the initial safeguard would be checked, not an action implementing the newly requested condition: Termination simulations invalidate all related entry privileges within the agreed threshold.

C:

This is the appropriate response to the original situation: Federated physical systems need consistent joiner/mover/leaver handling. It does not directly meet the new condition.

D:

This remains inappropriate: Manual disconnected lists create stale active badges and poor accountability.

Question 485

Security administrators need an authentication method resistant to real-time phishing proxies on privileged web logins. Which recommendation should the security leader make FIRST to address the stated objective?

  1. Use a strong identity-proofed recovery process, revoke the lost key and register a replacement.
  2. Deploy phishing-resistant FIDO2/WebAuthn authenticators bound to the legitimate relying party.
  3. Use SMS OTP as the sole high-assurance second factor for privileged access.
  4. A controlled phishing-proxy test fails to authenticate while registered authenticators work on the valid origin.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Origin-bound public-key authentication resists common credential relay and phishing-site capture. The scenario is: Security administrators need an authentication method resistant to real-time phishing proxies on privileged web logins.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This addresses a distinct subsequent requirement: An administrator loses the only registered security key while traveling. Recovery must preserve assurance and terminate risk from the missing authenticator rather than waive controls.

C:

SMS codes can be phished or relayed and do not provide origin binding. The rejected action is: Use SMS OTP as the sole high-assurance second factor for privileged access.

D:

This is useful evidence after implementation, rather than the FIRST recommended decision for this objective. A controlled phishing-proxy test fails to authenticate while registered authenticators work on the valid origin.

Question 486

Security administrators need an authentication method resistant to real-time phishing proxies on privileged web logins. A colleague instead proposes: "Use SMS OTP as the sole high-assurance second factor for privileged access." Which finding BEST explains why the proposal should be rejected?

  1. No evidence or governance records should be retained when evaluating this 5.2 decision.
  2. SMS codes can be phished or relayed and do not provide origin binding.
  3. Its only deficiency is a missing executive signature, even if the design still fails the stated requirement.
  4. It is inadequate only because of a different later condition: An administrator loses the only registered security key while traveling.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

SMS codes can be phished or relayed and do not provide origin binding. This directly invalidates the proposed action: Use SMS OTP as the sole high-assurance second factor for privileged access.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Destroying records would weaken oversight and cannot remedy the immediate technical or governance flaw: SMS codes can be phished or relayed and do not provide origin binding.

C:

Approval alone cannot fix the specific weakness: SMS codes can be phished or relayed and do not provide origin binding.

D:

The subsequent circumstance is separate and does not explain why this proposed action fails the initial case. Recovery must preserve assurance and terminate risk from the missing authenticator rather than waive controls.

Question 487

Security administrators need an authentication method resistant to real-time phishing proxies on privileged web logins. After implementing "Deploy phishing-resistant FIDO2/WebAuthn authenticators bound to the legitimate relying party.", what evidence BEST demonstrates that the intended security outcome is functioning?

  1. A meeting record that the alternate design "Use a strong identity-proofed recovery process, revoke the lost key and register a replacement." was discussed but never tested.
  2. A controlled phishing-proxy test fails to authenticate while registered authenticators work on the valid origin.
  3. A note proposing to test this exact 5.2 measure in a future quarter.
  4. A declaration that no incident has been reported, without exercising the relevant control.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

A controlled phishing-proxy test fails to authenticate while registered authenticators work on the valid origin. This verifies the original requirement because origin-bound public-key authentication resists common credential relay and phishing-site capture.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Discussion of a different design does not demonstrate the deployed control. Recovery must preserve assurance and terminate risk from the missing authenticator rather than waive controls.

C:

An unexecuted future plan does not prove current effectiveness for the stated 5.2 objective. The evidence should include: A controlled phishing-proxy test fails to authenticate while registered authenticators work on the valid origin.

D:

Absence of reported incidents is not a controlled validation of the requirement. A stronger proof is: A controlled phishing-proxy test fails to authenticate while registered authenticators work on the valid origin.

Question 488

The organization previously faced this problem: Security administrators need an authentication method resistant to real-time phishing proxies on privileged web logins. Its requirement then changes: An administrator loses the only registered security key while traveling. Which revised action BEST meets the new requirement?

  1. Keep the original 5.2 policy unchanged, and defer the newly identified requirement without a risk decision.
  2. Use a strong identity-proofed recovery process, revoke the lost key and register a replacement.
  3. Deploy phishing-resistant FIDO2/WebAuthn authenticators bound to the legitimate relying party.
  4. Use SMS OTP as the sole high-assurance second factor for privileged access.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Recovery must preserve assurance and terminate risk from the missing authenticator rather than waive controls. The appropriate revised action is: Use a strong identity-proofed recovery process, revoke the lost key and register a replacement.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The new requirement needs an accountable response, not automatic deferral. Recovery must preserve assurance and terminate risk from the missing authenticator rather than waive controls.

C:

This addresses the original situation: Origin-bound public-key authentication resists common credential relay and phishing-site capture. It does not directly meet the changed requirement: An administrator loses the only registered security key while traveling.

D:

The earlier rejected approach remains inappropriate. SMS codes can be phished or relayed and do not provide origin binding.

Question 489

A call center uses knowledge-based questions to enroll remote customers into accounts holding financial balances. What should the security manager recommend as the MOST appropriate response to the current requirement?

  1. Use risk-based identity proofing that validates evidence and binds the applicant to the enrolled identity.
  2. Approve an applicant because they know an address and birth date from leaked records.
  3. Use a separately verified recovery process with high-assurance identity checks.
  4. Use phishing-resistant factors or number matching plus rate limits and prompt-abuse detection.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Publicly discoverable facts and static questions are weak identity verification. This directly addresses the stated situation.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Knowledge of personal data does not establish rightful identity ownership. The proposal would not be defensible for this case.

C:

This is appropriate for a later condition (Existing customers then need secure account recovery after losing devices.), but it does not directly resolve the initial need. Account recovery must not undermine initial proofing assurance.

D:

This response addresses a different condition: A finance company mandates MFA but allows attackers to approve repeated push prompts until a tired user accepts. The present case requires the measure described by Use risk-based identity proofing that validates evidence and binds the applicant to the enrolled identity.

Question 490

A call center uses knowledge-based questions to enroll remote customers into accounts holding financial balances. A designer proposes: Approve an applicant because they know an address and birth date from leaked records. What is the MOST significant security deficiency in this proposal?

  1. Knowledge of personal data does not establish rightful identity ownership.
  2. Shared static credentials have broad blast radius and are hard to attribute or rotate.
  3. Account recovery must not undermine initial proofing assurance.
  4. Service identities should avoid persistent user-like secrets and allow precise revocation.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Knowledge of personal data does not establish rightful identity ownership. This is the direct weakness in the proposed action.

Incorrect Answers

B:

This is a limitation elsewhere: An IAM project uses passwords for every service identity in automated pipelines with long expiry and broad sharing. It does not explain the deficiency of the specified proposed approach.

C:

This explains a later shift in requirements (Existing customers then need secure account recovery after losing devices.), not the failure of the current proposal.

D:

This is an advantage of another design (Use workload identities or managed short-lived credentials scoped to specific services.), not the particular flaw of Approve an applicant because they know an address and birth date from leaked records.

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