ISO 27001 Practice Question: What is the primary purpose of encryption as a security control? | CyberCertPrep
ISOISO 27001Security ControlsEASYFree question
What is the primary purpose of encryption as a security control?
A.To speed up data processing
B.To compress data for storage
C.To protect the confidentiality and integrity of data by making it unreadable without the proper key
D.To make data permanently inaccessible
Why C is correct
Encryption protects data confidentiality and integrity by transforming information into an unreadable format that can only be decrypted with the appropriate key.
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Where this fits in the ISO 27001 exam
Security Controls
Selecting and implementing security controls to treat identified risks, mapped to Annex A.
This question belongs to the "Annex A Controls" domain, which makes up about 25% of the ISO 27001 exam.
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