Long-Term Risk to User Privacy
Question
The legal department has required that all traffic to and from a company's cloud-based word processing and email system is logged.
To meet this requirement, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has implemented a next-generation firewall to perform inspection of the secure traffic and has decided to use a cloud- based log aggregation solution for all traffic that is logged.
Which of the following presents a long-term risk to user privacy in this scenario?
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The scenario described is related to the implementation of a security solution to meet legal compliance requirements for logging all traffic to and from the company's cloud-based word processing and email system. The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has decided to use a next-generation firewall for inspecting the secure traffic and a cloud-based log aggregation solution for collecting and storing the logs.
The question asks which of the following presents a long-term risk to user privacy in this scenario. Among the options given, option D - Stored logs may contain non-encrypted usernames and passwords for personal websites - presents the greatest risk to user privacy.
This is because the logs may contain usernames and passwords for personal websites that are not encrypted, making them vulnerable to unauthorized access and potentially leading to identity theft, financial fraud, or other malicious activities. Such personal information should always be protected with encryption and other security measures to prevent unauthorized access.
Option A - Confidential or sensitive documents are inspected by the firewall before being logged - does not necessarily present a risk to user privacy. If the firewall is configured properly, it should only inspect the metadata of the documents and not the content. Moreover, since the documents are stored in a cloud-based word processing and email system, they may already be subject to logging and monitoring for compliance and security purposes.
Option B - Latency when viewing videos and other online content may increase - is not directly related to user privacy. While it may affect user experience and productivity, it does not compromise the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of user data.
Option C - Reports generated from the firewall will take longer to produce due to more information from inspected traffic - may also affect operational efficiency but does not necessarily pose a risk to user privacy. As long as the reports are generated securely and with appropriate access controls, they should not reveal sensitive user information.
