A cloud administrator recently noticed that a number of files stored at a SaaS provider's file- sharing service were deleted. As part of the root cause analysis, the administrator noticed the parent f

Identifying and documenting the changes is a root cause analysis step that has already been completed in the scenario, so performing it again would be redundant rather than productive.

Acquiring a third-party DLP solution is a long-term strategic control measure and is not the immediate next step when a specific, identified misconfiguration can be directly remediated right now.

Testing the current access permissions has already been performed using the test user account, confirming the issue; repeating this step does not advance the incident toward resolution.

The administrator has completed both root cause identification (parent folder permissions were modified) and verification (test account confirmed everyone has write access). The incident response process now requires remediation - defining and applying the correct, least-privilege permissions to the files and folders to prevent further unauthorized deletions and close the vulnerability.