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CCM: What security requirements does the Identity and Access Management domain in the CCM address?

The correct answer is D. The requirement to ensure appropriate access to resources and to enable the right individuals to. The CCM Identity and Access Management domain addresses ensuring appropriate access to resources and enabling authorized individuals to access what they need.

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Question

CCM: What security requirements does the Identity and Access Management domain in the CCM address?

Options

  • AThe requirement to ensure that all files are properly backed up.
  • BThe requirement to ensure inappropriate access to resources and to enable the right individuals to
  • CThere is no such domain as Identity and Access Management in the CCM.
  • DThe requirement to ensure appropriate access to resources and to enable the right individuals to

How the community answered

(68 responses)
  • A
    3% (2)
  • B
    4% (3)
  • C
    10% (7)
  • D
    82% (56)

Why each option

The CCM Identity and Access Management domain addresses ensuring appropriate access to resources and enabling authorized individuals to access what they need.

AThe requirement to ensure that all files are properly backed up.

File backup requirements fall under the Business Continuity Management domain, not Identity and Access Management.

BThe requirement to ensure inappropriate access to resources and to enable the right individuals to

This choice uses the word 'inappropriate' access, which is the exact opposite of what the IAM domain aims to achieve - it ensures appropriate, not inappropriate, access.

CThere is no such domain as Identity and Access Management in the CCM.

Identity and Access Management is a formally documented domain within the CSA Cloud Controls Matrix, making this statement factually incorrect.

DThe requirement to ensure appropriate access to resources and to enable the right individuals toCorrect

The IAM domain in the CSA Cloud Controls Matrix is designed to ensure appropriate access to resources and to enable the right individuals to access information they are authorized to use. The word 'appropriate' is the critical distinction from choice B. The domain covers identity lifecycle management, access control policies, and least-privilege principles.

Concept tested: CSA CCM Identity and Access Management domain scope

Source: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/research/cloud-controls-matrix/

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#CCM domains#Identity and Access Management#access control#cloud controls matrix

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