ISC2 Governance, Risk and Compliance (CGRC) Practice Question
During development of the System Security Plan for a new cloud-based payroll platform, the ISSO must document the system's authorization boundary. Which information is most critical to include so the boundary is clearly defined?
The organization's incident response procedures and escalation contacts.
A comprehensive list of all hardware, software, and services that handle payroll data, including any externally hosted components and interfaces.
The confidentiality, integrity, and availability categorization of payroll records.
The planned schedule for internal and external security audits of the payroll platform.
The authorization boundary distinguishes what components are subject to assessment and control selection. NIST guidance states that every device, application, and service that processes, stores, or transmits system information-whether on-premises or in external environments-must be identified and included in the boundary description. While data sensitivity, response procedures, and audit schedules are important elements of a security plan, they do not by themselves establish where the system begins and ends. Only a complete inventory of all in-scope components and their interconnections definitively describes the authorization boundary.
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