What is the primary purpose of using hashing to ensure data integrity?

To compress the data to save storage space

To authenticate users by storing passwords in plaintext

To detect any unauthorized changes to the data

To encrypt the data so that it cannot be read

Which regulation is specifically designed to protect the privacy of personal data of individuals in the European Union?

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)

PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard)

GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)

A company's database administrator wants to ensure that a database can be restored to a specific point in time, such as just before an accidental deletion. Which backup strategy is required?

File-level backups of the database files.

Full backups plus transaction log backups.

Differential backups only, taken daily.

Full backups only, taken weekly.

What is the primary goal of a data backup strategy?

To ensure that data can be restored in the event of loss, corruption, or disaster

To reduce the amount of data stored by deleting duplicates

To encrypt all data in the organization

To provide real-time access to data for all users

A company is concerned about employees emailing sensitive customer data to personal accounts. The company wants to prevent this without blocking all email communication. What is the most effective control?

Require employees to manually review their outgoing emails for sensitive data.

Encrypt all outgoing emails so that only the intended recipient can read them.

Disable email access for all employees.

Implement a data loss prevention (DLP) policy that detects sensitive data in outgoing emails and blocks or quarantines them.

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Data Security ECSS Practice Questions (Page 2)

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A company's database administrator wants to ensure that a database can be restored to a specific point in time, such as just before an accidental deletion. Which backup strategy is required?
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