ISC Exam Questions

Three things that must be considered for the planning and implementation of access control mechanism

Three things that must be considered for the planning and implementation of access control
mechanisms are:

A.
Threats, assets, and objectives.

B.
Threats, vulnerabilities, and risks.

C.
Vulnerabilities, secret keys, and exposures.

D.
Exposures, threats, and countermeasures.

Explanation:
The correct answer is “Threats, vulnerabilities, and risks”. Threats define the possible source of
security policy violations; vulnerabilities describe weaknesses in the system that might be exploited
by the threats; and the risk determines the probability of threats being realized. All three items must
be present to meaningfully apply access control. Therefore, the other answers are incorrect.