ISC2 Governance, Risk and Compliance (CGRC) Practice Question
You have completed the security categorization worksheet for a new federal case-management system. The analysis shows a Confidentiality impact of Moderate, an Integrity impact of High, and an Availability impact of Low. Which single impact level must you record in the final security categorization section, and why?
Low, because the system's mission can tolerate limited downtime despite integrity concerns.
High, because the highest of the three impact ratings drives the overall categorization.
Moderate, because it represents the median of the three impact values and avoids over-control.
Moderate, because only two of the three objectives are above Low and a consensus value is required.
Under FIPS 199, an information system's overall security categorization is determined by the highest impact level assigned to any of the three security objectives-confidentiality, integrity, or availability. Because integrity was rated High, the final system categorization must also be High, even though the other two objectives were Moderate and Low. Selecting Moderate or Low would understate the required control baseline, and averaging the values is not permitted by the standard.
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