A customer must store tamper-proof objects with no ability to alter or delete them until after the designated retention period, adhering to SEC 17a-4(f). What is one way ECS complies with this…

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Options

• AECS platform lockdown prevents unauthorized access to the data.
• BPolicy-based compliance solution is enforced through ECS licensing.
• CECS platform hardening allows unrestricted access to the data.
• DPolicy-based compliance solution is enforced through ECS software.

• A
  4% (1)
• B
  4% (1)
• C
  8% (2)
• D
  84% (21)

Explanation

Option D is correct because ECS (Dell EMC Elastic Cloud Storage) enforces WORM (Write Once, Read Many) compliance through its built-in software mechanisms - the platform's policy engine locks objects for the designated retention period, preventing modification or deletion entirely, which satisfies SEC 17a-4(f)'s non-rewriteable, non-erasable requirement. Option A is wrong because preventing unauthorized access is a general security control, not a retention/immutability mechanism - SEC 17a-4(f) requires data integrity over time, not just access restriction. Option B is a near-miss trap: compliance is enforced by the software, not by a licensing agreement - licensing is a commercial construct with no technical enforcement power over stored objects. Option C is a contradiction in terms - "unrestricted access" would actively violate tamper-proof requirements, so it's the opposite of what compliance demands.

Memory tip: Think "Software = the sheriff" - ECS software is what actually arrests (blocks) any attempt to alter or delete an object before its retention period ends. Licensing can't do that; software can.

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