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Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Questions 171–175 (page: 36)

Updated On: 9-Feb-2026

An organization is considering partnering with a third-party supplier of cloud services. The organization will only be providing the data and the third-party supplier will be providing the security controls. Which of the following BEST describes this service offering?

  1. Platform as a Service (PaaS)
  2. Anything as a Service (XaaS)
  3. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
  4. Software as a Service (SaaS)

Answer(s): A



Which of the following factors should be considered characteristics of Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) in terms of the attributes used?

  1. Mandatory Access Control (MAC) and Discretionary Access Control (DAC)
  2. Discretionary Access Control (DAC) and Access Control List (ACL)
  3. Role Based Access Control (RBAC) and Mandatory Access Control (MAC)
  4. Role Based Access Control (RBAC) and Access Control List (ACL)

Answer(s): D



Which of the following is the MOST significant key management problem due to the number of keys created?

  1. Exponential growth when using symmetric keys
  2. Exponential growth when using asymmetric keys
  3. Storage of the keys require increased security
  4. Keys are more difficult to provision and revoke

Answer(s): A



Systems Security Professional (CISSP) with identity and access management (IAM) responsibilities is asked by the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to perform a vulnerability assessment on a web application to pass a Payment Card Industry (PCI) audit. The CISSP has never performed this before. According to the (ISC)
Code of Professional Ethics, which of the following should the CISSP do?

  1. Inform the CISO that they are unable to perform the task because they should render only those services for which they are fully competent and qualified
  2. Since they are CISSP certified, they have enough knowledge to assist with the request, but will need assistance in order to complete it in a timely manner
  3. Review the CISSP guidelines for performing a vulnerability assessment before proceeding to complete it
  4. Review the PCI requirements before performing the vulnerability assessment

Answer(s): A



While performing a security review for a new product, an information security professional discovers that the organization's product development team is proposing to collect government-issued identification (ID) numbers from customers to use as unique customer identifiers. Which of the following recommendations should be made to the product development team?

  1. Customer identifiers should be a variant of the user's government-issued ID number.
  2. Customer identifiers should be a cryptographic hash of the user's government-issued ID number.
  3. Customer identifiers that do not resemble the user's government-issued ID number should be used.
  4. Customer identifiers should be a variant of the user's name, for example, "jdoe" or "john.doe."

Answer(s): C



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