PCI DSS Practice Question: Why should organizations classify incidents by severity? | CyberCertPrep
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Why should organizations classify incidents by severity?
A.For statistics only
B.To determine the appropriate level of response, resource allocation, escalation, and notification requirements based on the potential impact on cardholder data
C.Classification is not needed
D.Only for annual reporting
Why B is correct
Incident classification determines response urgency, resource allocation, escalation paths, and notification requirements based on potential cardholder data impact.
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Where this fits in the PCI DSS exam
Incident Response
Covers incident response concepts and practices within PCI DSS.
This question belongs to the "Monitoring & Testing" domain, which makes up about 15% of the PCI DSS exam.
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