Question 790
During a post-incident audit at a retail marketplace, the IS auditor learns that a cloud supplier's report omits critical subservices used by the application. The affected operation supports customer checkout and order fulfillment. Customer transactions and market trust depend on effective control. Which weakness is MOST material to the control objective in this situation?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Correct. Cloud outsourcing does not remove customer responsibility for configuration, access and oversight of shared-control boundaries. The described exception is: a cloud supplier's report omits critical subservices used by the application. This risk ties the observation to the business significance of customer checkout and order fulfillment, rather than treating management's claim as independent assurance.
Incorrect Answers
Incomplete attack-path consideration can leave exploitable control gaps despite nominal security tooling. It changes a different feature than evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.
Poor collection integrity or chain of custody can undermine forensic reliability and accountability. The configuration must instead establish evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.
Training attendance alone may not reduce unsafe behavior if role relevance and effectiveness are never assessed. The evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion prerequisite remains unaddressed.