CRISC · Question #321
Which of the following should be a risk practitioner's GREATEST concern upon learning of failures in a data migration activity?
The correct answer is B. Integrity of data. Failures during data migration primarily pose a significant threat to the accuracy and completeness of the data.
Question
Which of the following should be a risk practitioner's GREATEST concern upon learning of failures in a data migration activity?
Options
- AAvailability of test data
- BIntegrity of data
- CCost overruns
- DSystem performance
How the community answered
(38 responses)- A13% (5)
- B79% (30)
- C5% (2)
- D3% (1)
Why each option
Failures during data migration primarily pose a significant threat to the accuracy and completeness of the data.
Availability of test data is a concern during the testing phase, but not the greatest concern when migration itself fails, as the actual production or migrated data's state is more critical.
Data integrity refers to the accuracy, consistency, and reliability of data over its entire lifecycle. Failures in data migration directly risk corrupting, losing, or incorrectly transferring data, making integrity the paramount concern for a risk practitioner.
Cost overruns are a financial consequence, not a direct technical data-related risk from migration failure.
System performance might be affected post-migration, but the immediate and most critical data-related risk from migration failure is the data's integrity.
Concept tested: Data integrity during migration
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/data-deduplication/overview
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