Question 880
During a post-incident audit at a retail marketplace, the IS auditor learns that an incident is closed before containment and recovery effectiveness are verified. The affected operation supports customer checkout and order fulfillment. Customer transactions and market trust depend on effective control. Which risk statement is BEST supported by the recorded exception?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Correct. Uncoordinated response can worsen damage, jeopardize evidence or miss critical decision and communication obligations. The described exception is: an incident is closed before containment and recovery effectiveness are verified. 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
Facility access or environmental failure can compromise systems when protective controls and response are absent. Acceptance here depends on observing evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion, not only that test.
Encryption may fail to protect information if keys, algorithms, transport or access are poorly governed. The relevant success criterion is evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion; this measures a different function.
An unowned or paper-only control framework can create false assurance and unmitigated information risk. That result could pass without demonstrating evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion.