A bank stores and processes sensitive privacy information related to home loans. However, auditing has never been enabled on the system. What is the first step that the bank should take before…

A vulnerability scan identifies security weaknesses within the system but does not address the operational or performance impact of enabling a new feature like auditing, which is a different concern.

Enabling auditing, especially on a system where it has never been active, can significantly impact system resources such as CPU, disk I/O, network bandwidth, and storage due to the volume of logs generated. Determining this impact beforehand is essential to prevent performance degradation or system outages and to plan for necessary resource adjustments or mitigation strategies.

While a cost/benefit analysis is important for business decisions, it typically follows an understanding of the technical impact (which influences costs) and is not the very first technical step before enabling a feature.

Allocating funds for staffing to review audit logs is a crucial step for the ongoing operation of the auditing process, but it is not the immediate first step before technically enabling the feature and assessing its initial system impact.