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CAS-001 Question #258: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is A: Implement an enforceable change management system.. The core problem is lack of accountability: no one knows who made the change. Two complementary controls address this: (A) A change management system requires that all changes be formally requested, reviewed, approved, and documented before implementation. This creates a paper tr

Question

After a system update causes significant downtime, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) asks the IT manager who was responsible for the update. The IT manager responds that it is impossible to know who did the update since five different people have administrative access. How should the IT manager increase accountability to prevent this situation from reoccurring? (Select TWO).

Options

  • AImplement an enforceable change management system.
  • BImplement a software development life cycle policy.
  • CEnable user level auditing on all servers.
  • DImplement a federated identity management system.
  • EConfigure automatic updates on all servers.

Explanation

The core problem is lack of accountability: no one knows who made the change. Two complementary controls address this: (A) A change management system requires that all changes be formally requested, reviewed, approved, and documented before implementation. This creates a paper trail that ties specific changes to specific individuals and approval chains - making it impossible to make undocumented changes. (C) User-level auditing on servers creates logs of exactly who authenticated and what actions they performed, including system updates. Even with shared admin access (the stated problem), auditing reveals which account executed the update. Together, these controls enforce accountability before (change management) and after (audit logs) a change. Option B (SDLC policy) governs software development, not operational changes. Option D (federated identity management) addresses identity federation across organizations, not internal accountability. Option E (automatic updates) would make accountability worse by removing human traceability entirely.

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