Question 640
During an outsourced-services renewal at a logistics group, the IS auditor learns that a restore test verifies files but not application consistency or client functionality. The affected operation supports freight tracking and fleet operations. Delivery commitments and partner data flow through this process. Which consequence would MOST directly follow if this weakness remains unresolved?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Correct. Successful backup jobs may not provide usable, secure or timely recovery under realistic failures or attacks. The described exception is: a restore test verifies files but not application consistency or client functionality. 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
Hidden or inaccurate infrastructure dependencies may create single points of failure and impede impact analysis. Acceptance here depends on observing evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion, not only that test.
Disaster recovery claims may fail when infrastructure, credentials, dependencies or business acceptance are omitted from tests. The relevant success criterion is evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion; this measures a different function.
Uncontrolled scheduling, retry and job monitoring can cause incomplete, duplicate or unreported processing. That result could pass without demonstrating evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.