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ISC CISSP Practice Test 70

Question 690

A regional office stores audit evidence only as screenshots without timestamps or system identity. The organization has now implemented this response: Require reliable source records, collection provenance and traceable time and population metadata. Which observation would MOST directly demonstrate that the security objective was met?

  1. Workpapers identify impartial test ownership and objective sampling.
  2. Client audit evidence demonstrates assigned customer roles, logs and required configuration settings.
  3. An approved change ticket for Require reliable source records, collection provenance and traceable time and population metadata. without a completed verification result.
  4. Auditor workpapers link source queries, dates, samples and verification results.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Auditor workpapers link source queries, dates, samples and verification results. This validates that audits need sufficient, relevant, trustworthy evidence rather than unattributed images.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This demonstrates controls in another circumstance: An internal auditor helped configure the same firewall rules they are now asked to independently evaluate.

B:

This other observation is relevant to: A cloud provider's SOC 2 report is available but the client organization has not implemented its listed user-entity controls.

C:

An approved change without an executed test cannot prove operating effectiveness. The needed evidence is Auditor workpapers link source queries, dates, samples and verification results.

Question 691

A previous security situation was: A regional office stores audit evidence only as screenshots without timestamps or system identity. Now the requirement changes: A control operates continuously and requires effectiveness evidence over six months. Which NEW action BEST answers the changed need?

  1. Require reliable source records, collection provenance and traceable time and population metadata.
  2. Accept cropped unverified screenshots as conclusive proof of policy enforcement.
  3. Auditor workpapers link source queries, dates, samples and verification results.
  4. Sample relevant operating events across the defined period and investigate exceptions.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Operating effectiveness over time needs more than one design snapshot. The revised action is Sample relevant operating events across the defined period and investigate exceptions.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This is the appropriate response to the original situation: Audits need sufficient, relevant, trustworthy evidence rather than unattributed images. It does not directly meet the new condition.

B:

This remains inappropriate: Screenshots alone may omit scope, context, or authenticity.

C:

This is a record of how the initial safeguard would be checked, not an action implementing the newly requested condition: Auditor workpapers link source queries, dates, samples and verification results.

Question 692

A cloud provider's SOC 2 report is available but the client organization has not implemented its listed user-entity controls. What should the security manager recommend as the MOST appropriate response to the current requirement?

  1. Refresh the audit mapping and customer control inventory for the new contract.
  2. Verify reporting period, control scope, exceptions and complementary user controls before reliance.
  3. Map complementary user-entity controls to internal owners and test their operating effectiveness.
  4. Assume the provider's opinion automatically covers customer permissions and configurations.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Provider audit success can rely on customer actions explicitly outside provider scope. This directly addresses the stated situation.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This is appropriate for a later condition (The company switches to a platform with a different division of responsibilities.), but it does not directly resolve the initial need. A changed service model may transfer some tasks but not remove accountability.

B:

This response addresses a different condition: An external SOC report is used to justify a service, but the report covers a prior year and excludes the new billing platform. The present case requires the measure described by Map complementary user-entity controls to internal owners and test their operating effectiveness.

D:

Complementary controls remain the customer's responsibility. The proposal would not be defensible for this case.

Question 693

A cloud provider's SOC 2 report is available but the client organization has not implemented its listed user-entity controls. A designer proposes: Assume the provider's opinion automatically covers customer permissions and configurations. What is the MOST significant security deficiency in this proposal?

  1. A changed service model may transfer some tasks but not remove accountability.
  2. Self-review creates conflicts that undermine objective assurance.
  3. Complementary controls remain the customer's responsibility.
  4. Lack of independent scrutiny can overlook design and evidence weaknesses.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Complementary controls remain the customer's responsibility. This is the direct weakness in the proposed action.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This explains a later shift in requirements (The company switches to a platform with a different division of responsibilities.), not the failure of the current proposal.

B:

This is an advantage of another design (Preserve auditor independence by assigning the test to a suitably separate reviewer.), not the particular flaw of Assume the provider's opinion automatically covers customer permissions and configurations.

D:

This is a limitation elsewhere: An internal auditor helped configure the same firewall rules they are now asked to independently evaluate. It does not explain the deficiency of the specified proposed approach.

Question 694

Investigators seize a powered-off workstation suspected of storing fraud evidence for potential legal proceedings. Which recommendation should the security leader make FIRST to address the stated objective?

  1. The evidence log records every custodian transfer and matching source/image cryptographic hashes.
  2. Capture volatile evidence in a documented order before shutdown or disk-only collection.
  3. Preserve custody records and acquire a forensically sound image using validated write protection and hashes.
  4. Boot the workstation normally and edit files to see whether they are suspicious.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Integrity checks and chain of custody show that evidence was not altered without authorization. The scenario is: Investigators seize a powered-off workstation suspected of storing fraud evidence for potential legal proceedings.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This is useful evidence after implementation, rather than the FIRST recommended decision for this objective. The evidence log records every custodian transfer and matching source/image cryptographic hashes.

B:

This addresses a distinct subsequent requirement: A different incident involves a running server whose volatile memory may hold an active attacker process. Volatile data disappears after power loss, changing the order of acquisition priorities.

D:

Uncontrolled access changes timestamps and other evidence and weakens admissibility. The rejected action is: Boot the workstation normally and edit files to see whether they are suspicious.

Question 695

Investigators seize a powered-off workstation suspected of storing fraud evidence for potential legal proceedings. A colleague instead proposes: "Boot the workstation normally and edit files to see whether they are suspicious." Which finding BEST explains why the proposal should be rejected?

  1. It is inadequate only because of a different later condition: A different incident involves a running server whose volatile memory may hold an active attacker process.
  2. No evidence or governance records should be retained when evaluating this 7.1 decision.
  3. Uncontrolled access changes timestamps and other evidence and weakens admissibility.
  4. Its only deficiency is a missing executive signature, even if the design still fails the stated requirement.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Uncontrolled access changes timestamps and other evidence and weakens admissibility. This directly invalidates the proposed action: Boot the workstation normally and edit files to see whether they are suspicious.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The subsequent circumstance is separate and does not explain why this proposed action fails the initial case. Volatile data disappears after power loss, changing the order of acquisition priorities.

B:

Destroying records would weaken oversight and cannot remedy the immediate technical or governance flaw: Uncontrolled access changes timestamps and other evidence and weakens admissibility.

D:

Approval alone cannot fix the specific weakness: Uncontrolled access changes timestamps and other evidence and weakens admissibility.

Question 696

Investigators seize a powered-off workstation suspected of storing fraud evidence for potential legal proceedings. After implementing "Preserve custody records and acquire a forensically sound image using validated write protection and hashes.", what evidence BEST demonstrates that the intended security outcome is functioning?

  1. A declaration that no incident has been reported, without exercising the relevant control.
  2. A meeting record that the alternate design "Capture volatile evidence in a documented order before shutdown or disk-only collection." was discussed but never tested.
  3. The evidence log records every custodian transfer and matching source/image cryptographic hashes.
  4. A note proposing to test this exact 7.1 measure in a future quarter.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

The evidence log records every custodian transfer and matching source/image cryptographic hashes. This verifies the original requirement because integrity checks and chain of custody show that evidence was not altered without authorization.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Absence of reported incidents is not a controlled validation of the requirement. A stronger proof is: The evidence log records every custodian transfer and matching source/image cryptographic hashes.

B:

Discussion of a different design does not demonstrate the deployed control. Volatile data disappears after power loss, changing the order of acquisition priorities.

D:

An unexecuted future plan does not prove current effectiveness for the stated 7.1 objective. The evidence should include: The evidence log records every custodian transfer and matching source/image cryptographic hashes.

Question 697

The organization previously faced this problem: Investigators seize a powered-off workstation suspected of storing fraud evidence for potential legal proceedings. Its requirement then changes: A different incident involves a running server whose volatile memory may hold an active attacker process. Which revised action BEST meets the new requirement?

  1. Boot the workstation normally and edit files to see whether they are suspicious.
  2. Keep the original 7.1 policy unchanged, and defer the newly identified requirement without a risk decision.
  3. Capture volatile evidence in a documented order before shutdown or disk-only collection.
  4. Preserve custody records and acquire a forensically sound image using validated write protection and hashes.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Volatile data disappears after power loss, changing the order of acquisition priorities. The appropriate revised action is: Capture volatile evidence in a documented order before shutdown or disk-only collection.

Incorrect Answers

A:

The earlier rejected approach remains inappropriate. Uncontrolled access changes timestamps and other evidence and weakens admissibility.

B:

The new requirement needs an accountable response, not automatic deferral. Volatile data disappears after power loss, changing the order of acquisition priorities.

D:

This addresses the original situation: Integrity checks and chain of custody show that evidence was not altered without authorization. It does not directly meet the changed requirement: A different incident involves a running server whose volatile memory may hold an active attacker process.

Question 698

A forensics examiner wants to analyze a seized laptop but a normal boot could alter timestamps and deleted file records. What should the security manager recommend as the MOST appropriate response to the current requirement?

  1. Browse and edit files on the seized disk before any image or hash is captured.
  2. Preserve volatile memory safely under an authorized acquisition order.
  3. Reconstruct and document evidence custody gaps, preserve remaining originals and use controlled future transfers.
  4. Acquire a verified forensic image with write-blocking and documented custody before analysis.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Forensic integrity depends on preserving the original state and provable evidence handling. This directly addresses the stated situation.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Uncontrolled writes can change evidence and weaken a legal chain of custody. The proposal would not be defensible for this case.

B:

This is appropriate for a later condition (Another suspected device remains powered on with volatile encryption keys in RAM.), but it does not directly resolve the initial need. Volatile evidence may require acquisition before shutdown, unlike an already powered-off disk.

C:

This response addresses a different condition: A fraud investigator discovers that log exports were transferred between departments without receipts or custodian names. The present case requires the measure described by Acquire a verified forensic image with write-blocking and documented custody before analysis.

Question 699

A forensics examiner wants to analyze a seized laptop but a normal boot could alter timestamps and deleted file records. A designer proposes: Browse and edit files on the seized disk before any image or hash is captured. What is the MOST significant security deficiency in this proposal?

  1. Fabricated chain-of-custody records further undermine defensibility and ethics.
  2. Volatile evidence may require acquisition before shutdown, unlike an already powered-off disk.
  3. Traceable custody is essential to defend evidence integrity and authenticity.
  4. Uncontrolled writes can change evidence and weaken a legal chain of custody.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Uncontrolled writes can change evidence and weaken a legal chain of custody. This is the direct weakness in the proposed action.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This is a limitation elsewhere: A fraud investigator discovers that log exports were transferred between departments without receipts or custodian names. It does not explain the deficiency of the specified proposed approach.

B:

This explains a later shift in requirements (Another suspected device remains powered on with volatile encryption keys in RAM.), not the failure of the current proposal.

C:

This is an advantage of another design (Reconstruct and document evidence custody gaps, preserve remaining originals and use controlled future transfers.), not the particular flaw of Browse and edit files on the seized disk before any image or hash is captured.

Question 700

A forensics examiner wants to analyze a seized laptop but a normal boot could alter timestamps and deleted file records. The organization has now implemented this response: Acquire a verified forensic image with write-blocking and documented custody before analysis. Which observation would MOST directly demonstrate that the security objective was met?

  1. An auditable evidence register explains custody gaps and verified current hashes.
  2. Asset records and fresh validation demonstrate the host has been securely retired.
  3. An approved change ticket for Acquire a verified forensic image with write-blocking and documented custody before analysis. without a completed verification result.
  4. Acquisition documentation records device identity, hash comparisons and each custodian transfer.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Acquisition documentation records device identity, hash comparisons and each custodian transfer. This validates that forensic integrity depends on preserving the original state and provable evidence handling.

Incorrect Answers

A:

This demonstrates controls in another circumstance: A fraud investigator discovers that log exports were transferred between departments without receipts or custodian names.

B:

This other observation is relevant to: A vulnerability scanner reports a critical library on a decommissioned host whose management interface no longer exists.

C:

An approved change without an executed test cannot prove operating effectiveness. The needed evidence is Acquisition documentation records device identity, hash comparisons and each custodian transfer.

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