Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) — Question 249

Application data integrity risk is MOST directly addressed by a design that includes.

Answer options

• A. strict application of an authorized data dictionary.
• B. reconciliation routines such as checksums, hash totals, and record counts.
• C. application log requirements such as field-level audit trails and user activity logs.
• D. access control technologies such as role-based entitlements.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer, B, highlights the importance of reconciliation routines such as checksums and hash totals in ensuring data integrity. While options A, C, and D address different aspects of data management and security, they do not specifically focus on the validation and verification processes that protect data integrity as effectively as reconciliation routines do.