A financial services firm wants to ensure that it can recover its data even if its primary data center is completely destroyed by a natural disaster. Which control is most directly a preventive control for data loss?

Install redundant power supplies and generators.

Conduct regular disaster recovery tests.

Deploy an intrusion detection system to monitor for cyberattacks.

Maintain off-site backups in a geographically separate location.

Which of the following is an example of a corrective disaster recovery control?

Installing redundant power supplies

Conducting regular security audits

Monitoring system health with alerts

Restoring data from backups after a system failure

A manufacturing company's IT team wants to detect a potential ransomware infection as early as possible before it spreads across the network. Which control is most directly detective in nature?

Implement a firewall rule that blocks all inbound traffic from unknown IP addresses.

Deploy an intrusion detection system (IDS) that monitors network traffic for suspicious patterns.

Create an incident response runbook that outlines steps to contain a ransomware outbreak.

Establish a backup schedule that creates nightly snapshots of critical servers.

What is the primary advantage of using incremental backups over full backups?

They are more reliable than full backups

They are simpler to restore from

They provide a complete snapshot of all data every time

They require less storage space and take less time to create

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Which of the following is an example of a corrective disaster recovery control?
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A manufacturing company's IT team wants to detect a potential ransomware infection as early as possible before it spreads across the network. Which control is most directly detective in nature?
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