Which mechanism is specifically used to verify that data has not been modified during transmission?

Redundant array of independent disks (RAID)

A small accounting firm has one senior accountant who creates vendor invoices and another who approves payments. To reduce the risk of fraudulent payments, the firm wants to ensure no single employee can both create a vendor and approve a payment to that vendor. Which control directly addresses this risk?

Grant both employees full administrative access to the accounting system.

Require two different employees to perform the vendor-creation and payment-approval steps.

Require the senior accountant to review all payment reports weekly.

Implement a strong password policy for both employees.

A financial firm is investigating a suspicious wire transfer. The security team needs to prove which specific employee initiated the transaction and that the transaction record has not been altered since it was created. Which combination of controls directly supports this investigation?

A firewall rule that blocks external access to the transaction system.

Encryption of the transaction database at rest.

Individual user accounts with unique credentials and an immutable audit log of all transaction actions.

A shared departmental account with a password known to all team members.

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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 29 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Questions 11–15

11foundation · easy
Which mechanism is specifically used to verify that data has not been modified during transmission?
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12foundation · easy
Which security principle ensures that actions taken in a system can be traced back to a specific individual?
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13foundation · easy
Which of the following is a measure commonly used to ensure availability of a critical server?
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14application · medium
A small accounting firm has one senior accountant who creates vendor invoices and another who approves payments. To reduce the risk of fraudulent payments, the firm wants to ensure no single employee can both create a vendor and approve a payment to that vendor. Which control directly addresses this risk?
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15application · medium
A financial firm is investigating a suspicious wire transfer. The security team needs to prove which specific employee initiated the transaction and that the transaction record has not been altered since it was created. Which combination of controls directly supports this investigation?
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Questions 11–15

Which mechanism is specifically used to verify that data has not been modified during transmission?

Which security principle ensures that actions taken in a system can be traced back to a specific individual?

Which of the following is a measure commonly used to ensure availability of a critical server?

A financial firm is investigating a suspicious wire transfer. The security team needs to prove which specific employee initiated the transaction and that the transaction record has not been altered since it was created. Which combination of controls directly supports this investigation?

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