ISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) Practice Question
A cloud-based CRM platform is being developed for multiple tenants and will be deployed on a managed Kubernetes cluster. During the test phase, the security architect insists on adding abuse case testing to verify that one tenant cannot deliberately exhaust shared resources. Which activity is the best example of an abuse case test in this context?
Launch automated scripts that issue a high volume of API requests to intentionally exceed the tenant's rate limit and monitor throttling and logging behavior.
Review user stories and acceptance criteria to ensure all approved business features are implemented before release.
Perform static code analysis to detect potential SQL injection flaws in database access modules.
Run unit tests to confirm each microservice returns correct responses to valid customer data submissions.
Abuse case testing focuses on how a malicious or careless actor could intentionally misuse the application and the cloud environment. Flooding the public API with scripted calls that exceed the documented rate limits tries to force the application to over-consume backend capacity, potentially starving other tenants. Observing whether the service throttles, generates alerts, and logs the behavior validates protections against this abuse scenario. Unit tests of valid inputs, static code analysis for coding flaws, and reviewing acceptance criteria all contribute to quality or secure development, but they target normal usage or code issues rather than intentional misuse aimed at resource exhaustion.
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