PCI DSS Practice Question: How often must FIM comparisons be performed under PCI DSS? | CyberCertPrep
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How often must FIM comparisons be performed under PCI DSS?
A.Quarterly, how often Requirement 11.2.1 requires testing for unauthorized wireless access points
B.At least weekly
C.Monthly
D.Only during assessments, on the reasoning that changes to payment page scripts are monitored only where a content security policy is absent for assessments signed by an internal security assessor whenever a qualified security assessor is engaged
Why B is correct
PCI DSS requires performing FIM comparisons at least weekly to detect unauthorized changes to critical system files in a timely manner.
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Where this fits in the PCI DSS exam
Monitoring Testing
Covers monitoring testing 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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