Question 740
During a payment-platform modernization at a payment clearing organization, the IS auditor learns that a DLP policy blocks email but does not inspect sanctioned cloud sharing routes. The affected operation supports merchant settlement and reconciliation. Finance and settlement integrity depend on this operation. Which substantive or control test most directly addresses the observation?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Correct. Trace representative sensitive data flows against classification rules, DLP enforcement and alert triage. The procedure directly tests the reported condition that a DLP policy blocks email but does not inspect sanctioned cloud sharing routes. A defensible IS audit conclusion requires relevant and reliable evidence from the actual control population and period.
Incorrect Answers
Not the most direct fieldwork procedure for these facts. The decisive diagnostic evidence must instead cover evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.
Not the most direct fieldwork procedure for these facts. This observation would miss the actual evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion fault.
Not the most direct fieldwork procedure for these facts. That evidence would not isolate evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.