ISC2 Governance, Risk and Compliance (CGRC) Practice Question
Your team has finished implementing the tailored control set for a cloud application and is about to enter the Assessment phase of the NIST Risk Management Framework. To ensure the evaluation is repeatable, traceable, and approved before any testing begins, what should be completed first?
Develop and obtain approval of a security assessment plan that outlines the test scope and methods.
Draft the initial Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) listing expected control gaps.
Conduct a penetration test against the application to look for exploitable weaknesses.
Begin continuous monitoring to collect automated metrics on control performance.
Under Step 5 (Assess) of NIST SP 800-37 Rev. 2, the assessor begins by preparing a security assessment plan that identifies the controls to be examined, the test procedures, the level of independence, and the required resources. The plan must be reviewed and approved by the authorizing official or their designee before the assessor executes any testing. A POA&M and continuous-monitoring activities occur after assessment results are compiled, while penetration testing is only one possible test method and is performed in accordance with the approved assessment plan.
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