CCSK Question #96: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is B. They must prevent data loss, unwanted data overwrite and destruction. The primary goal of any backup and recovery scheme is to prevent data loss, protect against unwanted overwrites, and guard against destruction of data.

Question

The key concern of data backup and recovery schemes is:

Options

AData aggregation should not cause breaches
BThey must prevent data loss, unwanted data overwrite and destruction
CAssurance that cloud provider has multiple data centers for disaster recover
DAssurance that deleted data is in fact unrecoverable
EData should not be commingled with other customers

Explanation

The primary goal of any backup and recovery scheme is to prevent data loss, protect against unwanted overwrites, and guard against destruction of data.

Common mistakes.

A. Data aggregation and breach prevention are data governance concerns, not the primary purpose of backup and recovery schemes.
C. Multiple data centers support disaster recovery objectives but are a provider capability, not the core concern of the backup and recovery scheme itself.
D. Ensuring deleted data is unrecoverable is a data sanitization or data destruction concern, which is separate from backup and recovery.
E. Data commingling is a multi-tenancy isolation concern, not a concern specific to backup and recovery design.

Concept tested. Data backup and recovery objectives and goals

Reference. https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-34/rev-1/final

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