A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Has Tasked a Security

question 1163

Multiple Choice

A Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has tasked a security analyst with assessing the security posture of an organization and which internal factors would contribute to a security compromise. The analyst performs a walk-through of the organization and discovers there are multiple instances of unlabeled optical media on office desks. Employees in the vicinity either do not claim ownership or disavow any knowledge concerning who owns the media. Which of the following is the MOST immediate action to be taken?

• A) Confiscate the media and dispose of it in a secure manner as per company policy.
• B) Confiscate the media, insert it into a computer, find out what is on the disc, and then label it and return it to where it was found.
• C) Confiscate the media and wait for the owner to claim it. If it is not claimed within one month, shred it.
• D) Confiscate the media, insert it into a computer, make a copy of the disc, and then return the original to where it was found.

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Definitions:

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

A contra asset account that represents the estimated proportion of accounts receivable that may not be collectable.

Direct Write-off Method

An accounting approach where uncollectible accounts receivable are directly written off against income at the time they are deemed unrecoverable.

Uncollectible Accounts Receivable

Debts owed to a company that are considered to be uncollectible from the debtor, often leading to the account being written off as a bad debt expense.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

An estimate of the amount of accounts receivable that may not be collectible, serving as a contra account to adjust the value of total receivables.