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ISC CISSP Practice Test 6

Question 50

A previous security situation was: A company suspects employees exchanged confidential customer lists using company email, requiring an HR investigation. Now the requirement changes: Police issue a valid warrant concerning the same conduct. Which NEW action BEST answers the changed need?

  1. Have investigators secretly search all personal accounts and devices without authority.
  2. A documented legal hold and audit trail identify authorized collection scope and evidence custody.
  3. Separate the criminal investigation process and comply through counsel with the warrant's scope.
  4. Coordinate with HR and counsel to preserve relevant records under the authorized administrative investigation scope.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Criminal process has evidentiary and legal requirements distinct from internal HR review. The revised action is Separate the criminal investigation process and comply through counsel with the warrant's scope.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This remains inappropriate: Overbroad collection can violate privacy, legal and employment obligations.

B:

This is a record of how the initial safeguard would be checked, not an action implementing the newly requested condition: A documented legal hold and audit trail identify authorized collection scope and evidence custody.

D:

This is the appropriate response to the original situation: An internal personnel inquiry requires lawful scope, evidence protection and appropriate employee privacy handling. It does not directly meet the new condition.

Question 51

A security team receives a civil-litigation discovery request for archived communications tied to a contractual dispute. What should the security manager recommend as the MOST appropriate response to the current requirement?

  1. Coordinate with HR and counsel to preserve relevant records under the authorized administrative investigation scope.
  2. Refer the request to counsel and preserve responsive information under a controlled legal hold.
  3. Delete old messages under routine retention while counsel evaluates the preservation request.
  4. Establish a separate regulator response governed by the applicable authority and production rules.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Civil discovery obligations require timely preservation and scoped disclosure under legal supervision.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This response addresses a different condition: A company suspects employees exchanged confidential customer lists using company email, requiring an HR investigation. The present case requires the measure described by Refer the request to counsel and preserve responsive information under a controlled legal hold.

C:

Routine deletion can destroy potentially responsive evidence after a preservation duty arises. The proposal would not be defensible for this case.

D:

This is appropriate for a later condition (A regulator then formally requests additional operational logs beyond the lawsuit's scope.), but it does not directly resolve the initial need. Regulatory inquiry scope must not be assumed identical to a private civil request.

Question 52

A security team receives a civil-litigation discovery request for archived communications tied to a contractual dispute. A designer proposes: Delete old messages under routine retention while counsel evaluates the preservation request. What is the MOST significant security deficiency in this proposal?

  1. An internal personnel inquiry requires lawful scope, evidence protection and appropriate employee privacy handling.
  2. Routine deletion can destroy potentially responsive evidence after a preservation duty arises.
  3. Overbroad collection can violate privacy, legal and employment obligations.
  4. Regulatory inquiry scope must not be assumed identical to a private civil request.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Routine deletion can destroy potentially responsive evidence after a preservation duty arises. This is the direct weakness in the proposed action.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This is an advantage of another design (Coordinate with HR and counsel to preserve relevant records under the authorized administrative investigation scope.), not the particular flaw of Delete old messages under routine retention while counsel evaluates the preservation request.

C:

This is a limitation elsewhere: A company suspects employees exchanged confidential customer lists using company email, requiring an HR investigation. It does not explain the deficiency of the specified proposed approach.

D:

This explains a later shift in requirements (A regulator then formally requests additional operational logs beyond the lawsuit's scope.), not the failure of the current proposal.

Question 53

A security team receives a civil-litigation discovery request for archived communications tied to a contractual dispute. The organization has now implemented this response: Refer the request to counsel and preserve responsive information under a controlled legal hold. Which observation would MOST directly demonstrate that the security objective was met?

  1. An approved change ticket for Refer the request to counsel and preserve responsive information under a controlled legal hold. without a completed verification result.
  2. A defensible collection log records custodians, time range, hashes and disclosure approvals.
  3. A documented legal hold and audit trail identify authorized collection scope and evidence custody.
  4. A timed exercise demonstrates restoration and transaction reconciliation inside the two-hour target.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

A defensible collection log records custodians, time range, hashes and disclosure approvals. This validates that civil discovery obligations require timely preservation and scoped disclosure under legal supervision.

Incorrect Answers

A:

An approved change without an executed test cannot prove operating effectiveness. The needed evidence is A defensible collection log records custodians, time range, hashes and disclosure approvals.

C:

This demonstrates controls in another circumstance: A company suspects employees exchanged confidential customer lists using company email, requiring an HR investigation.

D:

This other observation is relevant to: A payment company records an RTO of two hours for clearing payments but a recovery design can restore only after eight hours.

Question 54

A previous security situation was: A security team receives a civil-litigation discovery request for archived communications tied to a contractual dispute. Now the requirement changes: A regulator then formally requests additional operational logs beyond the lawsuit's scope. Which NEW action BEST answers the changed need?

  1. A defensible collection log records custodians, time range, hashes and disclosure approvals.
  2. Establish a separate regulator response governed by the applicable authority and production rules.
  3. Refer the request to counsel and preserve responsive information under a controlled legal hold.
  4. Delete old messages under routine retention while counsel evaluates the preservation request.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Regulatory inquiry scope must not be assumed identical to a private civil request. The revised action is Establish a separate regulator response governed by the applicable authority and production rules.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This is a record of how the initial safeguard would be checked, not an action implementing the newly requested condition: A defensible collection log records custodians, time range, hashes and disclosure approvals.

C:

This is the appropriate response to the original situation: Civil discovery obligations require timely preservation and scoped disclosure under legal supervision. It does not directly meet the new condition.

D:

This remains inappropriate: Routine deletion can destroy potentially responsive evidence after a preservation duty arises.

Question 55

A company publishes a board-approved statement that all critical systems must be protected, but teams implement inconsistent password settings. What should the security manager recommend as the MOST appropriate response to the current requirement?

  1. Publish enforceable technical standards and supporting procedures under the overarching policy.
  2. Expect each team to interpret a broad policy without shared requirements.
  3. Use a risk-owned time-bound exception with compensating measures and an expiry date.
  4. Require authorized exception approval, least privilege, compensating controls and recorded expiry.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Policy sets direction; mandatory standards make that direction measurable and repeatable. This directly addresses the stated situation.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Unspecified implementation criteria produce uneven controls and untestable compliance claims. The proposal would not be defensible for this case.

C:

This is appropriate for a later condition (A legacy device cannot meet one mandatory setting until it is replaced.), but it does not directly resolve the initial need. Documented exception management handles infeasible standard compliance without quietly waiving policy.

D:

This response addresses a different condition: A staff member needs a one-time exception to use an unapproved portable drive during a critical recovery effort. The present case requires the measure described by Publish enforceable technical standards and supporting procedures under the overarching policy.

Question 56

A company publishes a board-approved statement that all critical systems must be protected, but teams implement inconsistent password settings. A designer proposes: Expect each team to interpret a broad policy without shared requirements. What is the MOST significant security deficiency in this proposal?

  1. Unspecified implementation criteria produce uneven controls and untestable compliance claims.
  2. Slow governance approval for operating instructions impedes safe updates.
  3. Documented exception management handles infeasible standard compliance without quietly waiving policy.
  4. Standards define required outcomes; procedures describe changeable operational steps.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Unspecified implementation criteria produce uneven controls and untestable compliance claims. This is the direct weakness in the proposed action.

Incorrect Answers

B:

This is a limitation elsewhere: Engineers complain that a security standard prescribes tool-specific click sequences that become invalid each release. It does not explain the deficiency of the specified proposed approach.

C:

This explains a later shift in requirements (A legacy device cannot meet one mandatory setting until it is replaced.), not the failure of the current proposal.

D:

This is an advantage of another design (Separate the stable mandatory control standard from maintained operational procedures.), not the particular flaw of Expect each team to interpret a broad policy without shared requirements.

Question 57

A company publishes a board-approved statement that all critical systems must be protected, but teams implement inconsistent password settings. The organization has now implemented this response: Publish enforceable technical standards and supporting procedures under the overarching policy. Which observation would MOST directly demonstrate that the security objective was met?

  1. A sampled configuration baseline maps each required parameter to its approved standard.
  2. An exception record ties the drive identifier, business justification, encryption and secure return to the request.
  3. Procedure versions demonstrate controlled updates while the underlying standard remains unchanged.
  4. An approved change ticket for Publish enforceable technical standards and supporting procedures under the overarching policy. without a completed verification result.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

A sampled configuration baseline maps each required parameter to its approved standard. This validates that policy sets direction; mandatory standards make that direction measurable and repeatable.

Incorrect Answers

B:

This demonstrates controls in another circumstance: A staff member needs a one-time exception to use an unapproved portable drive during a critical recovery effort.

C:

This other observation is relevant to: Engineers complain that a security standard prescribes tool-specific click sequences that become invalid each release.

D:

An approved change without an executed test cannot prove operating effectiveness. The needed evidence is A sampled configuration baseline maps each required parameter to its approved standard.

Question 58

A previous security situation was: A company publishes a board-approved statement that all critical systems must be protected, but teams implement inconsistent password settings. Now the requirement changes: A legacy device cannot meet one mandatory setting until it is replaced. Which NEW action BEST answers the changed need?

  1. Use a risk-owned time-bound exception with compensating measures and an expiry date.
  2. Publish enforceable technical standards and supporting procedures under the overarching policy.
  3. Expect each team to interpret a broad policy without shared requirements.
  4. A sampled configuration baseline maps each required parameter to its approved standard.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Documented exception management handles infeasible standard compliance without quietly waiving policy. The revised action is Use a risk-owned time-bound exception with compensating measures and an expiry date.

Incorrect Answers

B:

This is the appropriate response to the original situation: Policy sets direction; mandatory standards make that direction measurable and repeatable. It does not directly meet the new condition.

C:

This remains inappropriate: Unspecified implementation criteria produce uneven controls and untestable compliance claims.

D:

This is a record of how the initial safeguard would be checked, not an action implementing the newly requested condition: A sampled configuration baseline maps each required parameter to its approved standard.

Question 59

Engineers complain that a security standard prescribes tool-specific click sequences that become invalid each release. What should the security manager recommend as the MOST appropriate response to the current requirement?

  1. Make every click sequence a permanent board-level policy amendment.
  2. Review and approve an equivalent control design against the unchanged standard.
  3. Publish enforceable technical standards and supporting procedures under the overarching policy.
  4. Separate the stable mandatory control standard from maintained operational procedures.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Standards define required outcomes; procedures describe changeable operational steps. This directly addresses the stated situation.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Slow governance approval for operating instructions impedes safe updates. The proposal would not be defensible for this case.

B:

This is appropriate for a later condition (A software team introduces a new technology that meets the same security objective differently.), but it does not directly resolve the initial need. Outcome-focused standards allow technically different implementations when assurance is comparable.

C:

This response addresses a different condition: A company publishes a board-approved statement that all critical systems must be protected, but teams implement inconsistent password settings. The present case requires the measure described by Separate the stable mandatory control standard from maintained operational procedures.

Question 60

Engineers complain that a security standard prescribes tool-specific click sequences that become invalid each release. A designer proposes: Make every click sequence a permanent board-level policy amendment. What is the MOST significant security deficiency in this proposal?

  1. Urgency does not authorize untraceable control override or unlimited sensitive-data copies.
  2. Outcome-focused standards allow technically different implementations when assurance is comparable.
  3. Temporary exceptions must be risk-owned and prevent permanent uncontrolled bypass.
  4. Slow governance approval for operating instructions impedes safe updates.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Slow governance approval for operating instructions impedes safe updates. This is the direct weakness in the proposed action.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This is a limitation elsewhere: A staff member needs a one-time exception to use an unapproved portable drive during a critical recovery effort. It does not explain the deficiency of the specified proposed approach.

B:

This explains a later shift in requirements (A software team introduces a new technology that meets the same security objective differently.), not the failure of the current proposal.

C:

This is an advantage of another design (Require authorized exception approval, least privilege, compensating controls and recorded expiry.), not the particular flaw of Make every click sequence a permanent board-level policy amendment.

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