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Eccouncil 212-89 Exam - Topic 9 Question 86 Discussion
Topic #: 9
[Incident Handling and Response Process]
Your company holds a large amount of customer PH. and you want to protect those data from theft or unauthorized modification. Among other actions, you classify and encrypt the dat
a. In this process, which of the following OWASP security risks are you guarding against?
By classifying and encrypting customer Personally Identifiable Information (PHI), you are specifically guarding against the risk of Sensitive Data Exposure. This OWASP security risk involves the accidental or unlawful exposure of protected data to unauthorized individuals. Encryption serves as a critical defense mechanism by ensuring that, even if data is accessed without authorization, it remains unintelligible and useless to the attacker without the decryption keys. Data classification further supports this by identifying which data is sensitive and requires such protections, ensuring that appropriate security controls are applied to prevent exposure.
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