
GIAC Defensible Security Architect
Domain 4Objective 2
Data Discovery, Governance, and Mobility Management GDSA Practice Questions (Page 5)
Part of the Data Protection and Governance domain, which makes up ~18% of our current practice bank. GIAC (SANS) does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~9–14 in this domain), expect 5–7 from this objective — we provide 51 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)
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Questions 21–25
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What is the primary role of a data governance framework?
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A company is implementing DLP to prevent data exfiltration. They have classified data into 'restricted', 'confidential', and 'internal'. They need to prevent restricted data from leaving the network, but allow confidential and internal data to be shared with partners. They also need to monitor data movement across the network. Which DLP configuration should they use?
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A security architect is tasked with identifying where sensitive data resides across the organization. Which activity best describes data discovery?
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A global company needs to store customer data in a specific country to comply with local data sovereignty laws. They also need to ensure that data is not accessed from outside that country. Which approach should they take?
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A healthcare organization is migrating patient records to a new cloud storage platform. The security team needs to identify all files containing protected health information (PHI) across both on-premises file shares and the new cloud storage, and then apply appropriate access controls. The organization uses Microsoft 365 and has Azure Information Protection (AIP) available. Which approach best meets the requirement?
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