Which factor typically determines the retention period for an organization's data assets?

The number of users accessing the data

Legal, regulatory, and business requirements

What is the primary purpose of end-of-life (EOL) management for assets?

To increase the asset's performance

To reduce the asset's energy consumption

To plan for decommissioning assets that are no longer supported or viable

To extend the asset's warranty period

A company is using a mix of open-source and commercial software. The IT team must ensure that all software is properly licensed. Which action is most important for maintaining license compliance?

Assuming all open-source software is free to use without restrictions.

Deleting unused software to avoid license issues.

Keeping a centralized inventory of all software licenses and their terms.

Relying on the software vendors to track licenses.

What is the goal of secure data sanitization during asset disposal?

To encrypt data for long-term storage

To prevent data leakage by making data unrecoverable

To compress data to save storage space

To migrate data to a new system

During the implementation and assessment phase, what should be evaluated to ensure the asset complies with organizational policies?

The asset's security posture and performance

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1.5 - Support and Implement Asset Management Lifecycle (i.e., Hardware, Software, and Data) SSCP Practice Questions (Page 5)

Part of the Security Concepts and Practices domain, which accounts for 16% of the SSCP exam. ISC2 does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~8–13 in this domain), expect 1–2 from this objective — we provide 33 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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21foundation · easy
Which factor typically determines the retention period for an organization's data assets?
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22foundation · easy
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23application · medium
A company is using a mix of open-source and commercial software. The IT team must ensure that all software is properly licensed. Which action is most important for maintaining license compliance?
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24foundation · easy
What is the goal of secure data sanitization during asset disposal?
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25foundation · easy
During the implementation and assessment phase, what should be evaluated to ensure the asset complies with organizational policies?
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