A security engineer downloads a software package from a cloud repository and wants to verify that the file has not been tampered with during transit. Which cryptographic technique is specifically designed for this purpose?

Encrypting the file with a symmetric key

Computing a hash of the file and comparing it to the published hash

Compressing the file to reduce its size

Using a digital certificate to verify the file's origin

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Design and Apply Data Security Technologies and Strategies CCSP Practice Questions (Page 8)

Part of the Cloud Data Security domain, which accounts for 20% of the CCSP exam. ISC2 does not publish an official question count, but from its 180-minute exam (~70–120 total, ~14–24 in this domain), expect 2–3 from this objective — we provide 36 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Design and Apply Data Security Technologies and Strategies CCSP Practice Questions (Page 8)

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A security engineer downloads a software package from a cloud repository and wants to verify that the file has not been tampered with during transit. Which cryptographic technique is specifically designed for this purpose?

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