ECS enforces multiple policy rules to ensure compliance with SEC 17a-4(f) regulations. Which two policy rules are valid after enabling compliance? (Select 2)

Question

Options

• AA compliant bucket can be deleted while it still has objects under retention.
• BRetained objects cannot be erased until their retention period expires.
• CRetention periods for stored objects can be increased but not decreased.
• DBoth ECS Appliance and ECS software-only solutions supports policy-based compliance.

• A
  9% (2)
• B
  78% (18)
• D
  13% (3)

Explanation

SEC 17a-4(f) is an SEC regulation mandating that electronic records be stored in a non-rewriteable, non-erasable (WORM) format for a defined retention period. Options B and C directly reflect these core WORM requirements: objects are immutable until their retention period expires (B), and while retention periods can be extended to ensure longer preservation, they can never be shortened - preventing circumvention of regulatory minimums (C).

A is wrong because a compliant bucket containing objects still under retention cannot be deleted; doing so would violate the non-erasable mandate of 17a-4(f). The bucket is locked as long as retained objects exist within it.

D is wrong because ECS software-only solutions do not support policy-based compliance under SEC 17a-4(f) - only the ECS Appliance (hardware) solution provides the necessary certified immutability guarantees required by the regulation.

Memory tip: Think WORM + Extend-Only. Like a worm that only moves forward - retention time can only go forward (increase), never backward (decrease), and nothing gets deleted until the clock runs out.

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