NIST CSF Practice Question: What does Data Security (PR.DS) protect against? | CyberCertPrep
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What does Data Security (PR.DS) protect against?
A.Unauthorized access, exfiltration, corruption, or destruction of data, ensuring data is managed consistent with the organization's risk strategy to protect confidentiality, integrity, and availability
B.Only physical theft of hard drives
C.Only network-based data theft
D.Only insider threats to data
Why A is correct
Data Security protects information at rest, in transit, and during processing through encryption, access controls, integrity checking, and data lifecycle management.
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Where this fits in the NIST CSF exam
Protect Function
NIST CSF Protect function: identity management, access control, awareness and training, data security, and protective technology.
This question belongs to the "Protect" domain, which makes up about 20% of the NIST CSF exam.
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