- (Exam Topic 1)
What type of PII is controlled based on laws and carries legal penalties for noncompliance with requirements?
Correct Answer:
B
Regulated PII involves those requirements put forth by specific laws or regulations, and unlike contractual PII, where a violation can lead to contractual penalties, a violation of regulated PII can lead to fines or even criminal charges in some jurisdictions. PII regulations can depend on either the jurisdiction that applies to the hosting location or application or specific legislation based on the industry or type of data used.
- (Exam Topic 4)
What process entails taking sensitive data and removing the indirect identifiers from each data object so that the identification of a single entity would not be possible?
Correct Answer:
C
Anonymization is a type of masking, where indirect identifiers are removed from a data set to prevent the mapping back of data to an individual. Although masking refers to the overall approach of covering sensitive data, anonymization is the best answer here because it is more specific to exactly what is being asked. Tokenization involves the replacement of sensitive data with a key value that can be matched back to the real value. However, it is not focused on indirect identifiers or preventing the matching to an individual. Encryption refers to the overall process of protecting data via key pairs and protecting confidentiality.
- (Exam Topic 4)
Tokenization requires two distinct ________.
Correct Answer:
C
In order to implement tokenization, there will need to be two databases: the database containing the raw, original data, and the token database containing tokens that map to original data. Having two-factor authentication is nice, but certainly not required. Encryption keys are not necessary for tokenization. Two-person integrity does not have anything to do with tokenization.
- (Exam Topic 4)
A comprehensive BCDR plan will encapsulate many or most of the traditional concerns of operating a system in any data center.
However, what is one consideration that is often overlooked with the formulation of a BCDR plan?
Correct Answer:
C
BCDR planning tends to focus so much on the failing over of services in the case of a disaster that recovery back to primary hosting after the disaster is often overlooked. In many instances, this can be just as complex a process as failing over, if not more so. Availability of staff, capacity at the BCDR site, and change management processes are typically integral to BCDR plans and are common components of them.
- (Exam Topic 4)
Which protocol, as a part of TLS, handles the actual secure communications and transmission of data?
Correct Answer:
D
The TLS record protocol is the actual secure communications method for transmitting data; it's responsible for encrypting and authenticating packets throughout their transmission between the parties, and in some cases it also performs compression. The TLS handshake protocol is what negotiates and establishes the TLS connection between two parties and enables the secure communications channel to then handle data transmissions. Negotiation and transfer are not protocols under TLS.
