ISC2 Governance, Risk and Compliance (CGRC) Practice Question
While scoping the assessment of a production payment platform, you must verify that full-disk encryption is enabled on all database servers, but the system owner prohibits any activity that could disrupt processing. Which assessment method should you schedule to obtain the strongest evidence with minimal operational impact?
Interview database administrators about the encryption procedures they follow
Review the system security plan and build documentation for encryption settings
Perform a nonintrusive technical test that logs into each server and verifies encryption is active without altering data
Rely on results from the previous year's penetration test of the environment
Executing a nonintrusive technical test-such as running an authenticated, read-only command that confirms encryption is active-falls under the NIST assessment method of "test." Testing provides stronger assurance than interviews or document examinations because it directly measures the control's operation. Because the command is read-only, it does not change system state and therefore satisfies the owner's requirement to avoid disruption. Interviews and document reviews (examine) are non-disruptive but yield lower assurance, while relying on past penetration-test results does not demonstrate the current control status.
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