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ISC2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) Practice Question

A security incident has exposed an Amazon EC2 instance that hosts sensitive customer data. The organization's digital-forensics policy states: 1) create a snapshot of the affected Amazon EBS volume using approved AWS tools, 2) immediately calculate and record an SHA-256 hash of the snapshot, and 3) upload both the hash value and the acquisition log to the secured evidence vault before any examination occurs. A junior cloud security engineer performs the following steps:

  • Creates the snapshot with the AWS CLI.
  • Attaches the snapshot to an isolated forensics account in read-only mode and inspects the file system for indicators of compromise.
  • Calculates the SHA-256 hash of the snapshot and stores the hash and acquisition log in the evidence vault.

Which step violated the organization's policy?

  • Attaching the snapshot to an isolated account and inspecting the file system before hashing it

  • Creating the snapshot of the EBS volume with the AWS CLI

  • Uploading the acquisition log and hash file to the secured evidence vault via SFTP

  • Calculating a SHA-256 hash of the snapshot

ISC2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP)
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