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CAS-002 · Question #613
CAS-002 Question #613: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation
The correct answer is A: Facilities management. Remediation of a physical security breach in a data center primarily involves the departments that own, operate, and technically secure the facility and its systems.
Question
An intruder was recently discovered inside the data center, a highly sensitive area. To gain access, the intruder circumvented numerous layers of physical and electronic security measures. Company leadership has asked for a thorough review of physical security controls to prevent this from happening again. Which of the following departments are the MOST heavily invested in rectifying the problem? (Select THREE).
Options
- AFacilities management
- BHuman resources
- CResearch and development
- DProgramming
- EData center operations
- FMarketing
- GInformation technology
Explanation
Remediation of a physical security breach in a data center primarily involves the departments that own, operate, and technically secure the facility and its systems.
Common mistakes.
- B. Human resources manages personnel policies and onboarding, but is not a primary owner of physical or electronic security infrastructure used to protect the data center.
- C. Research and development focuses on product or technology development and has no direct ownership or operational responsibility for data center physical security controls.
- D. Programming teams write application code and have no direct role in managing or rectifying physical access controls or facility security systems.
- F. Marketing is focused on external communications and brand strategy and has no involvement in physical security infrastructure or data center operations.
Concept tested. Organizational responsibility for physical security controls
Reference. https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-53/rev-5/final
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