What requirements would be BEST to include in a service level agreement when data is regularly moved outside of the enterprise as part of its life cycle?

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Options

• AData persistence requirements
• BData modeling requirements
• CData minimization requirements
• DQuality and privacy requirements

• A
  11% (3)
• B
  14% (4)
• C
  4% (1)
• D
  71% (20)

Explanation

Quality and privacy requirements (D) belong in an SLA when data moves outside the enterprise because external transfers introduce risks to data integrity and personal information protection - an SLA must contractually enforce standards that your organization can no longer directly control once data leaves your environment.

• A (Data persistence) addresses how long data is retained and stored, which is an internal lifecycle concern, not the primary SLA focus when data is being transferred externally.
• B (Data modeling) relates to how data is structured and defined - a design/architecture concern, not a contractual protection for external data handling.
• C (Data minimization) is a good privacy principle (collect only what's needed), but it's a design decision made before data is collected, not an SLA requirement for managing data that's already being transferred.

Memory tip: Think "outside = exposure risk." When data crosses your boundary, the two things you can't afford to lose are its quality (accuracy, completeness) and privacy (compliance, protection) - both of which must be locked in via the SLA with the external party.

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