Exam CISSP Topic 1 Question 39 Discussion
Actual exam question for ISC's CISSP exam
Question #: 39
Topic #: 1
Question #: 39
Topic #: 1
Notifying the appropriate parties to take action in order to determine the extent of the severity of an incident and to remediate the incident's effects is part of:
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These are core functions of the incident response process.
"Incident Evaluation" is incorrect. Evaluation of the extent and cause of the incident is a
component of the incident response process.
"Incident Recognition" is incorrect. Recognition that an incident has occurred is the precursor to
the initiation of the incident response process.
"Incident Protection" is incorrect. This is an almost-right-sounding nonsense answer to distract the
unwary.
References:
CBK, pp. 698 - 703
"Incident Evaluation" is incorrect. Evaluation of the extent and cause of the incident is a
component of the incident response process.
"Incident Recognition" is incorrect. Recognition that an incident has occurred is the precursor to
the initiation of the incident response process.
"Incident Protection" is incorrect. This is an almost-right-sounding nonsense answer to distract the
unwary.
References:
CBK, pp. 698 - 703
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