Question 250
During an outsourced-services renewal at a logistics group, the IS auditor learns that a data processor shares records with a new subprocessor without approval. The affected operation supports freight tracking and fleet operations. Delivery commitments and partner data flow through this process. Which risk statement is BEST supported by the recorded exception?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Correct. Personal information may be used or retained without appropriate purpose, transparency, authority and enforceable safeguards. The described exception is: a data processor shares records with a new subprocessor without approval. This risk ties the observation to the business significance of freight tracking and fleet operations, rather than treating management's claim as independent assurance.
Incorrect Answers
Insufficient or misallocated people, budget and technical capacity may leave essential services unsustainable. It protects a different risk than the evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion requirement.
Third-party control gaps and exit dependencies can leave material obligations unowned or unverifiable. It does not retain the evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion control over time.
Weak governance can misalign technology decisions, accountability and risk ownership with enterprise objectives. Recurrence here depends on evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion, not this safeguard.