CCT 163: Practice CISSP Questions - Data Roles and Regulations, Security Responsibilities (Domain 2)
Aug 01, 2024Are you ready to ace your CISSP exam and propel your cybersecurity career to new heights? This episode of the CISSP Cyber Training Podcast promises to equip you with critical insights on data roles and regulations. From demystifying the responsibilities of data processors under GDPR to unpacking the PCI DSS framework essential for the financial sector, we leave no stone unturned. We'll also clarify the distinctions between asset owners and data owners, and explain who holds accountability for data classification under HIPAA. Plus, you'll get the lowdown on COPPA guidelines for protecting children's data and the intricacies of Singapore's PDPA regulation.
But that's not all! Our deep dive into Security Roles and Responsibilities will provide clarity on the essential positions within the cybersecurity realm. Learn how administrators tackle system hardware and software, why data owners hold paramount accountability, and the specialized skills data custodians bring to the table. We also emphasize the significance of business and mission owners understanding SOX compliance, and the pivotal role of administrators in controlling access rights to data. To top it off, we offer career-boosting strategies—from enhancing resumes to negotiating contracts—designed to elevate your cybersecurity career to unparalleled heights. Don't miss this chance to gain knowledge and skills that will set you apart in this dynamic industry!
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Welcome to the CISSP Cyber Training Podcast, where we provide you the training and tools you need to pass the CISSP exam the first time. Hi, my name is Sean Gerber and I'm your host for this action-packed, informative podcast. Join me each week as I provide the information you need to pass the CISSP exam and grow your cybersecurity knowledge. All right, let's get started. Let's go. Cybersecurity knowledge All right, let's get started. Hey, I'm Sean Gerber with CISSP Cyber Training and I hope you all are doing well today. Today's a great day. Today is CISSP Question Thursday, and today we are going to be talking about various aspects of roles within the CISSP that you may be asked about. That would be on the data custodian, data processors and so forth. Yes, a riveting podcast today, no question about it. So question four, or actually I should say group four you're going to be able to see this at CISSP Cyber Training. These are some of the questions that are there and available to you. We'll begin. This video is available on CISSP Cyber Training as well as YouTube. You'll see that at a later date sometime here in the near future. Question number one Okay, this is under group four. There's 15 questions. This is question number one. Which data role is responsible for actually executing the processing of data under GDPR? A a data controller, b a data processor, c a data owner or D a data custodian. So which data role is responsible for actually executing the processing of the data under GDPR? And, as we know, gdpr is the General Data Protection Regulation and that would be a data processor. That person is responsible for executing the processing activities under GDPR and the controller they lay out the specific guidelines and ensure that these activities are lawful. The controllers can be within the organization or they can be a third party. That's possible. It doesn't have to be within your company, but they are the actual processing group that is carried out, that carries this information out or carries a process out. I should say. Question two which regulation would you associate with financial sectors sectors A PCI DSS, b COPPA, c HIPAA, d GDPR which regulation would you associate with a financial sector? And that would be A PCI DSS, which is the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, and this is specifically tailored for financial sectors to secure cardholder data, tailored for financial sectors to secure cardholder data. Now you may go. We've talked about this a lot in the past is the PCI DSS is a framework that is out there as a standard that's out there globally for you if you have credit cards, and it helps companies understand what should they put in place to ensure that they meet these specific standards that are for credit cards. Now, these are the guidelines that are out there if any of that data is handled, stored or transmitted and ensuring that it is done in a secure manner.
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Question three which role typically focuses on hardware and software assets? A data owner, b a data processor, c an administrator or D an asset owner? So which role typically focuses on hardware and software assets? So again, look at the key terms when you're trying to take for this test. Which one are the software and hardware assets? That would be D asset owner. An asset owner is responsible for the hardware and software assets within your organization and they typically will oversee the inventory, classification and application security controls of each of the assets. Now we talked about in the past. The asset owner could be the same person as the data owner, depending on the size of your organization. It's highly it's encouraged that you would have them as separate roles, but they can be one and the same.
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Who is accountable for data classification under HIPAA? A A data controller. B A data custodian. C A data owner. D An administrator. So who is accountable for classification under HIPAA? And if you're looking for data classification, just like we talked about earlier, you're talking the data owner. The data owner is responsible for classifying the healthcare data, determining the sensitivity and the appropriate security measures for the protection. Now you may be going. Well, what happens? You know, I talked about up above, you had the asset owner specifically, and that is when you're dealing with hardware and software assets. But if you're dealing with HIPAA, typically, that's just data itself really, and when they're dealing specifically with the data piece of this, it would be the data owner.
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Question five which act provides guidelines for data collection, processing and storage all data related to children under the age of 13. So this is for little kids, right? Small children under the age of 13,. Which provides guidelines around the data collection, processing and storage related to these young people? A, copa, c, hipaa, c, b. So A is COPA, b is HIPAA, c is GDPR and D is DPA. You say all these acronyms. You too would have a challenge. Because it's a challenge A is COPA, b is HIPAA, c is GDPR or D is DPA, and the answer is A. Copa is the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. This one is specifically designed for children under the age of 13. So it defines how you can collect data on them. I don't know if you noticed that. If there's, you'll see this question in YouTube. They ask it. If you're posting a video, is this to small young children? Then they will. That puts them in a different bucket. They treat that as COPA data.
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Question six which regulation is specific to Singapore and focuses on the protection of personal data? A GDPR, b, ccpa, c HIPAA or D PDPA? And the answer is D PDPA. That is the Personal Data Protection Act and is designed to Singapore and focuses on the protection of personal data against unauthorized access and risks. Again, you will see. There's another one that they may have they probably don't have it this year, but they may have it next year is the PIPL, which is the Personal Identifiable Protection Law. Then this is tied with China. So you're dealing with all different types of laws that you are going to have to be aware of.
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Question seven which role typically has the least amount of responsibility regarding data management? A data owner, b data controller, c users and subjects or D data processor. So which role typically has the least amount of responsibility? So, when you're dealing with responsibility, who has the most? Well, your data processors, your custodians and so forth, but who has the least? It would be the users and subjects. Answer C Users and subjects typically have the least amount of responsibility when it comes to data management and their primary interaction is with the data and usually involves providing or using it, but generally they're not responsible for its upkeep and its security, unless you're all the same person. But typically that is, the user and the subject are the individuals that have the least amount of responsibility.
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Question 8. Which regulation specifically focuses on the healthcare sector? A GDPR B, pci, dss C, hip sector A GDPR B, pci, dss C, hipaa D, sox. And the answer is HIPAA right, we talked about that. It is C is the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act, and it's designed to regulate the healthcare sector. Keep that in mind Again, if you know that the ultimate goal of this CISSP Cyber Training Podcast is to help reaffirm all of these questions that you are going to see again and also to provide you guidance on what should you do as a security professional right, because at some point you're going to pass a test.
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We're trying to go beyond the test, beyond what you can actually deal with on passing it. Once you get that done, how do we help you in your cybersecurity career? Once you get that done, how do we help you in your cybersecurity career? Question nine which role is responsible for installing, maintaining and security system hardware and software? So again, which role is responsible for installing, maintaining and securing system hardware and software? A administrator, b data owner, c data controller or D data owner, c data controller or D asset owner? Okay, so which person is responsible for installing, maintaining and securing the hardware and software? A administrator, okay, so you had probably an easy one to bite off on once you go administrator or asset owner. The asset owner will keep the classification, but the one who installs, maintains and secures it typically would be the administrator. They are the ones that do that, but they will work very closely with the asset owner to ensure security and integrity of these assets.
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Question 10, who holds the highest level of accountability for data within an organization? A a data controller, b a data custodian, c data owner or D data processor. Who holds the highest level of accountability for data within an organization? And the answer is C data owner. A data owner holds the highest level of accountability within the organization and they typically are senior level managers. We talked about this where you may want it to be your CEO. It could be maybe the CFO or the actual owner of the company, but they're very high level. Now they may delegate that responsibility down to somebody else within the organization, but the data owners typically are the highest level of accountability for data within an organization.
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Question 11, which regulation would require an organization to follow federal security standards A PCI DSS, b, fisma, c, ccpa or D PDPA? Okay so which regulation would require an organization to follow federal security standards A PCI DSS, b, fisma, c, ccpa or D PDPA? There's a lot of acronyms and the answer is B FISMA. Fisma is the Federal Information Security Management Act and it requires federal agencies and this is in the US federal agencies that them and their contractors to adhere to federal security standards for information systems. So again, this has got a lot of US bent on it.
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But you're also dealing with CMMC, which is the Cybersecurity Maturity. Yeah, I forgot what it was. Yeah, cmmc oh my gosh, too many acronyms. But the CMMC is designed specifically for Department of Defense contractors, but it works on the same concept is that they have to follow various standards when you're going to be a CMMC contractor. What it really comes right down to is if you're going to be making some sort of widget that would help in the defense of the United States, you have to be certified as a CMMC. Now there's different levels of CMMC that you would have to be. So if you're a Northrop Grumman, you have to meet the highest level. If you are a person who makes rivets for the F-16s or F-35s, that is a different level that you have to maintain. But bottom line is it's a way that they're using, trying to get some level of security built into these programs that are in the Defense Department industry.
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Question 12. Which role is focused on setting policies for data collection and usage? A Data owner, b Data controller, c Data processor or D Data custodian? Which role is focused on setting policies for data collection and its usage? And the answer is B Data controller. Which role is focused on setting policies for data collection and its usage? And the answer is B data controller. Again, that data controller is generally responsible for setting up policies related to the collection and usage of the particular regulations under regulations such as GDPR the data controller.
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Question 13, which role typically requires specialized technical skills? A data custodian. B data owner, c users and subjects. Or D business and mission owners. So business and mission owners we haven't really talked about it much. Those are the folks that are the highest level of an organization. They're the ones that kind of give the direction of where your company is going to go, both from a strategic and an operational standpoint. So they typically are not ones with specialized technical skills. They may have had those at one point, but at this juncture they're not a specific technical person. So that would be A, a data custodian. They usually require special technical skills for the tasks such as database management, backup and restoration. They are responsible in many cases for implementing security measures defined by the specific data owner. Now, the data owner may or may not have that knowledge, they may have to delegate it to somebody else, but the data custodian is usually one that is defined or designed to be able to be the person that would handle that.
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Question 14, which role should be well-versed in SOX compliance, sarbanes-oxley compliance, to understand its impact on data and information systems? A data custodian, b data processor, c asset owner or D business and mission owner? Okay, again, the business and mission owner. They're the higher level positions within a company. So A data custodian, b data processor, c asset owner or D business and missions owner and this is a person who should be well-versed in SOX and that answer would be D business and mission owner. They need to be well-versed in SOX as it directly impacts their accountability and basically reporting process that they may have to do, so it's important that they follow it very, very closely.
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Question 15, the last melon who is the primary concern with providing controlling access rights to the data? So who is primarily concerned with providing and controlling access rights to the data? A data owner, b data controller, c data custodian or d administrator? And the answer is d administrators they are generally responsible for providing and controlling access rights to, or D administrator, and the answer is D administrators. They are generally responsible for providing and controlling access rights to the data. They often work in collaboration with the data owners, ensuring that only authorized personnel have access to the specific data sets that are out there. Okay, that's all I've got for today. Hope you guys have a wonderful day Again.
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Head on over to CISSP Cyber Training. There's some great things there for you. All of these questions are there and available. You can get access to them immediately to help you study for the CISSP exam. Also, if you're looking for your career planning, what should you do as a security professional? There you go. There you will get what you need specifically around looking at your overall future and where do you wanna go? Are you wanting to make more money? That's the place to go. To help you understand how to best do that.
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We have things from working with your resume to helping you negotiate for your upcoming contracts to looking for a new job. How can you do that? The ultimate goal is to help you one, become a cybersecurity professional, if you're not already there. Two, if you already are a cybersecurity professional, the skills you need to help you take it to the next level. And three is to be able to give you the most amount of money that you can achieve in this wonderful cybersecurity career. Again, I'm here to help you. Whatever you need, we're there for you. All right, have a wonderful day and we will catch you on the flip side, see ya.
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