ISC2 Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP) Practice Question
While updating the security requirement traceability matrix for a new payroll web service, a developer records: "All employee records shall be encrypted at rest using AES-256 and keys rotated at least every 90 days without causing service interruption." According to security requirement categories, this statement is best classified as which type of requirement?
A misuse case describing an attack scenario.
A business continuity requirement unrelated to security.
A functional security requirement expressed as a user-facing feature.
A non-functional security requirement that specifies a quality attribute.
The requirement describes how the system must operate (encryption strength and key-management cadence) rather than a user-visible function. It specifies a security quality attribute-confidentiality-making it a non-functional security requirement. A functional requirement would express a behavior visible to a user (e.g., forcing a password change). Business-continuity requirements address recovery objectives, and a misuse case articulates a potential attack scenario rather than stating a mandated property.
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