ISC2 Governance, Risk and Compliance (CGRC) Practice Question

Your agency is deploying a new cloud-hosted payroll application. The system security engineer must decide which NIST SP 800-53 controls the payroll system can inherit as common controls versus those it must implement itself. Which of the following controls is most appropriately treated as a common control that the payroll system can inherit?

  • Input validation checks performed by the payroll database's stored procedures

  • Full-disk encryption software installed only on laptops issued to payroll clerks

  • Role-based access permissions configured within the payroll application's administrative console

  • Continuous 24x7 monitoring and incident response services provided by the enterprise Security Operations Center

ISC2 Governance, Risk and Compliance (CGRC)
Implementation of Security and Privacy Controls
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