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Certified Information Systems Security Professional CISSP Practice Test 18

Question 170

The organization implemented the response to this scenario: A facial-recognition pilot plans to collect full-resolution video indefinitely to compute short-lived occupancy counts. The approved response was: Redesign collection to minimize identifiers and define short retention and restricted purpose from the outset. Which statement MOST accurately identifies a remaining risk or constraint?

  1. Aggregate counts can never disclose individual participation, even in rooms with just one visitor.
  2. Applying access lists after collection is equivalent to limiting personal-data collection by design.
  3. Aggregate statistics can still leak identities in small groups and require disclosure-risk assessment.
  4. A short project pilot automatically permits unrestricted secondary use of the saved face recordings.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Embedding privacy requirements early avoids relying entirely on downstream access reviews. Data inventory proves only necessary inputs are retained for the approved period and purpose.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Small groups and auxiliary information can enable reidentification or sensitive inference.

B:

Downstream controls do not remove the exposure from unnecessary original capture.

D:

A limited initial purpose does not authorize unrelated future processing.

Question 171

Management implemented a response after this event: A facial-recognition pilot plans to collect full-resolution video indefinitely to compute short-lived occupancy counts. The response was: Redesign collection to minimize identifiers and define short retention and restricted purpose from the outset. Which observed outcome BEST verifies that the intended security protection operates, rather than merely appearing in a plan?

  1. The database access policy is strict but raw face videos remain retained years beyond the pilot.
  2. The system reports correct occupancy counts while analysts can still access identifiable video from months ago.
  3. Data inventory proves only necessary inputs are retained for the approved period and purpose.
  4. No public breach has been reported, but the inventory cannot state which identifiers the product retains.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Data inventory proves only necessary inputs are retained for the approved period and purpose. Embedding privacy requirements early avoids relying entirely on downstream access reviews.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Strong access controls are not proof of retention minimization.

B:

Functional accuracy is separate from the privacy-minimized collection objective.

D:

Absence of an incident is not proof of a purpose-limited data lifecycle.

Question 172

A system administrator on the corporate LAN can modify every production service solely because the request originates from an office subnet. Which redesign BEST aligns with zero trust?

  1. Require explicit identity, device/session context and least-privilege authorization for each protected resource regardless of LAN location.
  2. Keep blanket subnet trust and change only the corporate Wi-Fi SSID.
  3. Replace VPN access with a longer password while retaining unconditional trust for every internal machine.
  4. Use NAT to hide internal IP addresses while leaving all production API permissions unchanged.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

NIST SP 800-207 rejects implicit trust based on network position or ownership. Access decisions must be policy-driven at the protected resource rather than assumed from the source subnet.

Incorrect Answers

B:

An SSID rename does not enforce who may administer an individual production resource.

C:

Authentication alone does not authorize all actions or evaluate device/session risk.

D:

Address translation does not establish resource-specific authorization or zero-trust evaluation.

Question 173

A company replaces LAN-based trust with identity and device-aware resource authorization. Which residual risk requires a response design?

  1. Authenticated devices can never be compromised after a one-time compliance check.
  2. An on-premises subnet must become an implicit superuser zone again to preserve administrator convenience.
  3. An authenticated principal or device can become compromised later, requiring bounded sessions, ongoing evaluation and revocation.
  4. Once an identity is valid, all accessible resources must accept every requested administrative operation.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

Zero trust reduces implicit network trust; it does not render granted sessions safe indefinitely if conditions change.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Device health can change and credentials can be stolen; admission at one moment is not permanent assurance.

B:

Reintroducing location-only privilege contradicts the protected resource authorization design.

D:

Authentication establishes who the principal is; policy still restricts what it may do.

Question 174

An enterprise claims production admin APIs now enforce zero-trust access rather than trusting the office network. Which test BEST supports the claim?

  1. An employee connected to the office Wi-Fi can reach the login screen.
  2. An unmanaged device on the corporate LAN is denied a privileged API, while the same authorized user from a compliant device obtains only approved resource permissions.
  3. All office devices receive unrestricted production access after successful DNS resolution.
  4. A policy document is approved, but no device or authorization denial has been tested.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Positive and negative requests with controlled identity/device conditions demonstrate explicit resource authorization independent of network position.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Network connectivity or a visible login page does not prove a per-resource authorization decision.

C:

This confirms implicit subnet trust remains and fails the proposed principle.

D:

Policy existence is not evidence that enforcement occurs on actual protected API requests.

Question 175

A SECRET-cleared analyst reads SECRET intelligence and tries to paste its contents into an UNCLASSIFIED collaboration site. Which mandatory information-flow restriction most directly prevents this disclosure?

  1. Use Biba’s no-read-down rule as the sole confidentiality requirement for the analyst.
  2. Allow the transfer because the analyst has a clearance sufficient to read SECRET information.
  3. Use only database transaction consistency checks to prevent classified data appearing in public reports.
  4. Enforce Bell–LaPadula’s no-write-down rule so the high-level subject cannot write sensitive content into a lower-classification object.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

Bell–LaPadula is a confidentiality information-flow model. A subject may read at its permitted level or below but must not transfer high-level information downward to a less protected object.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Biba primarily governs integrity of information flowing between trust levels, not the SECRET-to-UNCLASSIFIED confidentiality disclosure described.

B:

Read clearance does not automatically authorize declassification or writing sensitive information to a lower level.

C:

Transaction integrity cannot substitute for classification labels and mandatory confidentiality flow enforcement.

Question 176

A classified system implements Bell–LaPadula rules and successfully prevents SECRET-to-UNCLASSIFIED writes. What security property does that decision NOT establish by itself?

  1. Prevention of classified information being written into a lower-protection object.
  2. Integrity protection against untrusted low-integrity data contaminating higher-trust decisions.
  3. Restriction of a SECRET-cleared subject from reading TOP SECRET objects.
  4. Mandatory labels attached to information being enforced by the reference monitor.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

Bell–LaPadula addresses confidentiality. Integrity models such as Biba and trusted validation controls address whether less trustworthy data can corrupt decisions.

Incorrect Answers

A:

That is the very no-write-down confidentiality property the system enforces.

C:

The simple-security property also limits read access above the subject’s authorized level; this is part of confidentiality enforcement.

D:

Labels and mediation are prerequisites for the stated Bell–LaPadula confidentiality control, not an unrelated unresolved property.

Question 177

An organization asserts that its mandatory confidentiality rules prevent high-classification data from leaking downward. Which negative test MOST directly checks the Bell–LaPadula requirement?

  1. A low-integrity public process is prohibited from modifying a high-integrity financial ledger.
  2. A SECRET subject reads an UNCLASSIFIED document successfully, with no attempted write-down.
  3. A password expires on schedule without measuring information flows between labels.
  4. A high-level process attempting to write SECRET content into an UNCLASSIFIED output is denied, while an authorized SECRET-only output works.

Explanation

Correct Answer

D:

A failed write-down and permitted same-level operation verify the information-flow rule rather than just confirming a user can log in.

Incorrect Answers

A:

That verifies an integrity rule more directly associated with Biba, not the specified confidentiality write-down rule.

B:

Read-down is compatible with Bell–LaPadula, so its success cannot prove prevention of downward disclosure.

C:

Authentication maintenance does not establish label-based confinement of protected data.

Question 178

A trusted financial ledger imports transaction amounts from an unauthenticated low-integrity public feed and accepts them as authoritative without validation. Which model-oriented control BEST protects integrity?

  1. Use strict Biba-style integrity information-flow constraints, with trusted validation/endorsement for legitimately imported lower-trust data.
  2. Apply Bell–LaPadula no-write-down only, because preventing disclosure automatically makes public feed values accurate.
  3. Encrypt the feed on the wire without authenticating the producer or validating its transactions.
  4. Grant the feed’s publisher direct privileged write access to the ledger to avoid ingestion delays.

Explanation

Correct Answer

A:

Biba prevents lower-integrity inputs from silently contaminating higher-integrity decisions. A trusted validation path can endorse approved data before use while preserving source provenance.

Incorrect Answers

B:

Confidentiality restrictions do not establish correctness or integrity of values supplied by an untrusted feed.

C:

Encryption protects confidentiality of transit but not source trust or the correctness of intentionally supplied bad values.

D:

A low-trust publisher writing authoritative records removes the intended integrity boundary and increases corruption risk.

Question 179

A ledger blocks direct writes from low-integrity public feeds. The business still requires some external prices for approved calculations. What additional design consideration is essential?

  1. Treat the presence of TLS encryption as sufficient to upgrade every public-feed value automatically.
  2. Disable all transaction audit logging because integrity constraints guarantee no future changes are suspicious.
  3. Define a trusted endorsement and verification process that promotes only validated external data to the ledger’s integrity level.
  4. Rely on confidentiality labels instead of data quality or provenance checks.

Explanation

Correct Answer

C:

A strict integrity policy alone can stop essential data flow. Controlled validation and endorsement enable business use without treating every low-trust input as authoritative.

Incorrect Answers

A:

Encrypted delivery neither validates the publisher’s authority nor the accuracy of submitted prices.

B:

Integrity controls can fail or be bypassed; auditing still supports accountability and tamper detection.

D:

Secrecy labels cannot prove that financial source data is trustworthy for a high-integrity calculation.

Question 180

An application claims to maintain a trusted financial ledger even when external public data can be submitted. What test BEST demonstrates its Biba-aligned integrity boundary?

  1. A classified analyst is stopped from emailing SECRET material to an unclassified address.
  2. Unendorsed low-integrity changes are rejected; the same data enters the ledger only after a documented authorized validation/endorsement step.
  3. The public source can post any invoice directly because HTTPS was used.
  4. The ledger is backed up nightly, but test values are not compared against a trusted source.

Explanation

Correct Answer

B:

This negative-and-positive test shows both enforced integrity separation and a controlled path for legitimate lower-trust inputs.

Incorrect Answers

A:

That is a confidentiality no-write-down test and does not prove ledger integrity or feed validation.

C:

Transport security cannot substitute for a trusted data-endorsement decision before high-integrity updates.

D:

A backup captures state, including potentially corrupted state, and cannot alone prove transactional integrity.

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