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ISC2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) Practice Question

An e-commerce company wants to test its new incident response plan without disrupting production. The security manager is asked to design a tabletop exercise that will validate how teams respond to a ransomware attack that encrypts customer order data. Which action will BEST ensure the simulation reveals gaps in roles, communications, and decision-making while keeping cost and business impact low?

  • Distribute a multiple-choice quiz about ransomware handling procedures to all employees and score their responses.

  • Spin up an isolated copy of the production environment in a sandbox VPC and execute real ransomware malware to observe technical controls in action.

  • Perform an unannounced full-scale disaster recovery exercise during business hours and require staff to fail over to the DR site.

  • Conduct a discussion-based walkthrough with representatives from each functional area using a fictional scenario and inject time-pressured events.

ISC2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP)
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