ISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) Practice Question
A healthcare software provider is developing a public-facing patient portal on a cloud PaaS. Because the site will store and process protected health information (PHI) and provide critical clinical functions, the lead security architect decides to adopt the OWASP Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS) to guide secure coding and testing. To obtain an assurance level appropriate for handling highly sensitive data and mission-critical operations, which ASVS verification level should the development team target?
ASVS Level 3 (Advanced/Critical) for applications with highly sensitive data and critical functions
ASVS Level 2 (Standard) for typical applications handling sensitive data
ASVS Level 1 (Opportunistic) for low-risk applications
No specific ASVS verification level is required because the PaaS provider secures the platform
The OWASP ASVS defines three incrementally stronger verification levels. Level 1 is intended for low-risk applications and offers only basic security controls. Level 2 is the default for most business applications that handle sensitive data such as personally identifiable information, but it is not the highest level of assurance. Level 3 is required when an application processes highly sensitive personal data (for example, healthcare or financial records) or supports critical business functions whose compromise could have serious consequences. Because the patient portal will store PHI and is critical to healthcare operations, the project should adopt ASVS Level 3 to ensure the most rigorous verification of secure design, coding, and testing practices. Choosing Level 1 or Level 2 would leave potential gaps, and omitting ASVS entirely would not meet compliance or risk-based requirements.
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