ISC CISSP Practice Test 75
Question 740
A previous security situation was: A payment service shows evidence of stolen API tokens being used to make unauthorized transactions. Now the requirement changes: The investigation confirms a vulnerable client integration caused token leakage. Which NEW action BEST answers the changed need?
- Delete all transaction records before notifying stakeholders.
- Post-revocation test calls fail and transaction events remain traceable in protected logs.
- Repair the integration, rotate impacted secrets and monitor for reuse.
- Activate incident response, revoke exposed tokens, contain access and preserve transaction evidence.
Explanation
Correct Answer
C:Eradication addresses the compromise path after immediate token containment. The revised action is Repair the integration, rotate impacted secrets and monitor for reuse.
Incorrect Answers
A:This remains inappropriate: Evidence destruction obstructs fraud investigation and regulatory accountability.
B:This is a record of how the initial safeguard would be checked, not an action implementing the newly requested condition: Post-revocation test calls fail and transaction events remain traceable in protected logs.
D:This is the appropriate response to the original situation: Ongoing token abuse must be stopped while scope and impacts are investigated. It does not directly meet the new condition.
Question 741
A hospital has confirmed malware on clinical workstations but systems also support active patient care. What should the security manager recommend as the MOST appropriate response to the current requirement?
- Activate incident response, revoke exposed tokens, contain access and preserve transaction evidence.
- Coordinate safety-aware containment with clinical owners while preserving critical care continuity.
- Immediately power off every hospital clinical device without triage or patient-impact assessment.
- Restore validated systems by clinical priority and verify malware eradication.
Explanation
Correct Answer
B:Incident actions must prioritize life safety as well as limiting malicious spread. This directly addresses the stated situation.
Incorrect Answers
A:This response addresses a different condition: A payment service shows evidence of stolen API tokens being used to make unauthorized transactions. The present case requires the measure described by Coordinate safety-aware containment with clinical owners while preserving critical care continuity.
C:Uncoordinated shutdown can cause direct patient harm and obstruct emergency services. The proposal would not be defensible for this case.
D:This is appropriate for a later condition (Clean alternate devices are prepared for phased clinical service restoration.), but it does not directly resolve the initial need. Safety-aware recovery follows controlled containment rather than blanket shutdown.
Question 742
A hospital has confirmed malware on clinical workstations but systems also support active patient care. A designer proposes: Immediately power off every hospital clinical device without triage or patient-impact assessment. What is the MOST significant security deficiency in this proposal?
- Investigation quality requires honest treatment of missing records and alternative sources.
- Uncoordinated shutdown can cause direct patient harm and obstruct emergency services.
- Fabricated evidence undermines legal and technical integrity.
- Safety-aware recovery follows controlled containment rather than blanket shutdown.
Explanation
Correct Answer
B:Uncoordinated shutdown can cause direct patient harm and obstruct emergency services. This is the direct weakness in the proposed action.
Incorrect Answers
A:This is an advantage of another design (Preserve available independent telemetry, establish scope and document evidence gaps openly.), not the particular flaw of Immediately power off every hospital clinical device without triage or patient-impact assessment.
C:This is a limitation elsewhere: A malicious actor alters log forwarding during an intrusion and responders initially lack a full event timeline. It does not explain the deficiency of the specified proposed approach.
D:This explains a later shift in requirements (Clean alternate devices are prepared for phased clinical service restoration.), not the failure of the current proposal.
Question 743
A hospital has confirmed malware on clinical workstations but systems also support active patient care. The organization has now implemented this response: Coordinate safety-aware containment with clinical owners while preserving critical care continuity. Which observation would MOST directly demonstrate that the security objective was met?
- An approved change ticket for Coordinate safety-aware containment with clinical owners while preserving critical care continuity. without a completed verification result.
- Clinical and technical logs show spread stopped without unacceptable care interruption.
- A response timeline records ACL change, relevant downloads and legal review decisions.
- Post-revocation test calls fail and transaction events remain traceable in protected logs.
Explanation
Correct Answer
B:Clinical and technical logs show spread stopped without unacceptable care interruption. This validates that incident actions must prioritize life safety as well as limiting malicious spread.
Incorrect Answers
A:An approved change without an executed test cannot prove operating effectiveness. The needed evidence is Clinical and technical logs show spread stopped without unacceptable care interruption.
C:This demonstrates controls in another circumstance: A cloud storage misconfiguration publicly exposed customer documents for a short period and the service owner reclosed access.
D:This other observation is relevant to: A payment service shows evidence of stolen API tokens being used to make unauthorized transactions.
Question 744
A previous security situation was: A hospital has confirmed malware on clinical workstations but systems also support active patient care. Now the requirement changes: Clean alternate devices are prepared for phased clinical service restoration. Which NEW action BEST answers the changed need?
- Clinical and technical logs show spread stopped without unacceptable care interruption.
- Restore validated systems by clinical priority and verify malware eradication.
- Coordinate safety-aware containment with clinical owners while preserving critical care continuity.
- Immediately power off every hospital clinical device without triage or patient-impact assessment.
Explanation
Correct Answer
B:Safety-aware recovery follows controlled containment rather than blanket shutdown. The revised action is Restore validated systems by clinical priority and verify malware eradication.
Incorrect Answers
A:This is a record of how the initial safeguard would be checked, not an action implementing the newly requested condition: Clinical and technical logs show spread stopped without unacceptable care interruption.
C:This is the appropriate response to the original situation: Incident actions must prioritize life safety as well as limiting malicious spread. It does not directly meet the new condition.
D:This remains inappropriate: Uncoordinated shutdown can cause direct patient harm and obstruct emergency services.
Question 745
A malicious actor alters log forwarding during an intrusion and responders initially lack a full event timeline. What should the security manager recommend as the MOST appropriate response to the current requirement?
- Preserve available independent telemetry, establish scope and document evidence gaps openly.
- Invent missing timestamps to construct a complete and convincing incident story.
- Deploy tamper-evident central logging with independent privileged access controls.
- Coordinate safety-aware containment with clinical owners while preserving critical care continuity.
Explanation
Correct Answer
A:Investigation quality requires honest treatment of missing records and alternative sources. This directly addresses the stated situation.
Incorrect Answers
B:Fabricated evidence undermines legal and technical integrity. The proposal would not be defensible for this case.
C:This is appropriate for a later condition (Retrospective review finds logs were editable by the compromised administrator.), but it does not directly resolve the initial need. The later lesson is architectural evidence resilience, beyond the individual investigation.
D:This response addresses a different condition: A hospital has confirmed malware on clinical workstations but systems also support active patient care. The present case requires the measure described by Preserve available independent telemetry, establish scope and document evidence gaps openly.
Question 746
A malicious actor alters log forwarding during an intrusion and responders initially lack a full event timeline. A designer proposes: Invent missing timestamps to construct a complete and convincing incident story. What is the MOST significant security deficiency in this proposal?
- Fabricated evidence undermines legal and technical integrity.
- Fixing the access path does not resolve historical exposure or affected-party duties.
- The later lesson is architectural evidence resilience, beyond the individual investigation.
- Restoring privacy does not determine whether data was accessed or what disclosure obligations apply.
Explanation
Correct Answer
A:Fabricated evidence undermines legal and technical integrity. This is the direct weakness in the proposed action.
Incorrect Answers
B:This is a limitation elsewhere: A cloud storage misconfiguration publicly exposed customer documents for a short period and the service owner reclosed access. It does not explain the deficiency of the specified proposed approach.
C:This explains a later shift in requirements (Retrospective review finds logs were editable by the compromised administrator.), not the failure of the current proposal.
D:This is an advantage of another design (Validate containment, preserve access evidence and coordinate impact and notification assessment.), not the particular flaw of Invent missing timestamps to construct a complete and convincing incident story.
Question 747
A malicious actor alters log forwarding during an intrusion and responders initially lack a full event timeline. The organization has now implemented this response: Preserve available independent telemetry, establish scope and document evidence gaps openly. Which observation would MOST directly demonstrate that the security objective was met?
- The case report distinguishes verified events, inferred sequence and unavailable evidence.
- Post-revocation test calls fail and transaction events remain traceable in protected logs.
- Clinical and technical logs show spread stopped without unacceptable care interruption.
- An approved change ticket for Preserve available independent telemetry, establish scope and document evidence gaps openly. without a completed verification result.
Explanation
Correct Answer
A:The case report distinguishes verified events, inferred sequence and unavailable evidence. This validates that investigation quality requires honest treatment of missing records and alternative sources.
Incorrect Answers
B:This demonstrates controls in another circumstance: A payment service shows evidence of stolen API tokens being used to make unauthorized transactions.
C:This other observation is relevant to: A hospital has confirmed malware on clinical workstations but systems also support active patient care.
D:An approved change without an executed test cannot prove operating effectiveness. The needed evidence is The case report distinguishes verified events, inferred sequence and unavailable evidence.
Question 748
A previous security situation was: A malicious actor alters log forwarding during an intrusion and responders initially lack a full event timeline. Now the requirement changes: Retrospective review finds logs were editable by the compromised administrator. Which NEW action BEST answers the changed need?
- Deploy tamper-evident central logging with independent privileged access controls.
- Preserve available independent telemetry, establish scope and document evidence gaps openly.
- Invent missing timestamps to construct a complete and convincing incident story.
- The case report distinguishes verified events, inferred sequence and unavailable evidence.
Explanation
Correct Answer
A:The later lesson is architectural evidence resilience, beyond the individual investigation. The revised action is Deploy tamper-evident central logging with independent privileged access controls.
Incorrect Answers
B:This is the appropriate response to the original situation: Investigation quality requires honest treatment of missing records and alternative sources. It does not directly meet the new condition.
C:This remains inappropriate: Fabricated evidence undermines legal and technical integrity.
D:This is a record of how the initial safeguard would be checked, not an action implementing the newly requested condition: The case report distinguishes verified events, inferred sequence and unavailable evidence.
Question 749
A cloud storage misconfiguration publicly exposed customer documents for a short period and the service owner reclosed access. What should the security manager recommend as the MOST appropriate response to the current requirement?
- Declare the incident closed solely because the public ACL has been removed.
- Correct policy-as-code and add predeployment prevention tests.
- Preserve available independent telemetry, establish scope and document evidence gaps openly.
- Validate containment, preserve access evidence and coordinate impact and notification assessment.
Explanation
Correct Answer
D:Restoring privacy does not determine whether data was accessed or what disclosure obligations apply.
Incorrect Answers
A:Fixing the access path does not resolve historical exposure or affected-party duties. The proposal would not be defensible for this case.
B:This is appropriate for a later condition (A systemic review finds infrastructure templates reintroduce public access on redeployment.), but it does not directly resolve the initial need. Eradication must prevent recurrence from the underlying deployment mechanism.
C:This response addresses a different condition: A malicious actor alters log forwarding during an intrusion and responders initially lack a full event timeline. The present case requires the measure described by Validate containment, preserve access evidence and coordinate impact and notification assessment.
Question 750
An enterprise wants to block known malicious outbound command-and-control domains from managed endpoints. What should the security manager recommend as the MOST appropriate response to the current requirement?
- Introduce sandboxing or controlled content detonation and enforce high-risk attachment handling.
- Apply suitable DNS or network filtering with validated threat feeds and monitor evasions.
- Use a dashboard that shows blocked domains but cannot actually enforce filtering.
- Add complementary network egress policy and endpoint behavioral detection.
Explanation
Correct Answer
B:Preventive controls should interrupt disallowed destinations, not merely count alerts. This directly addresses the stated situation.
Incorrect Answers
A:This response addresses a different condition: A mail gateway allows newly downloaded executable attachments to reach users before analysis. The present case requires the measure described by Apply suitable DNS or network filtering with validated threat feeds and monitor evasions.
C:Read-only monitoring is not equivalent to prevention. The proposal would not be defensible for this case.
D:This is appropriate for a later condition (Attackers shift to direct IP communications that bypass DNS filtering.), but it does not directly resolve the initial need. Direct IP bypass requires layers beyond name-based controls.