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CAS-004 Practice Question: A company's security policy requires that all…
A company's security policy requires that all remote access be conducted via VPN. An employee uses a personal device without VPN to access company email. Which type of policy violation is this?
⚠ Common exam trap
Many exam-takers confuse 'organizational policy violation' with 'regulatory compliance violation,' mistakenly thinking that any security breach automatically involves a regulatory mandate, when in fact the question explicitly describes a breach of internal policy.
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Organizational policy violation
The employee's action directly violates the company's internal security policy requiring VPN for all remote access. This is a policy violation, not a legal or regulatory one, as the company has established a mandatory rule that the employee failed to follow. The use of a personal device without VPN to access company email is a clear breach of organizational policy, which is a governance issue within the company's risk management framework.
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Legal violation
Why it's wrong here
No law was broken; the employee contravened an internal company policy, which is not itself legislation. It tempts because serious breaches can carry legal consequences, but a legal violation requires breach of statute or contract, not merely an internal remote-access rule.
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Standards violation
Why it's wrong here
A standards violation breaches a specific mandated implementation, such as cipher suites or configuration baselines. This employee breached the policy's mandatory VPN requirement itself, which is a policy violation; standards violations concern how a control is configured, not whether remote access used it.
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Regulatory compliance violation
Why it's wrong here
No external regulation or industry mandate was breached; the requirement originates from the company's own security policy. It tempts because VPN use often supports regulatory obligations such as data protection, yet a regulatory compliance violation requires an actual statutory or regulatory requirement, not an internal control.
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Organizational policy violation
Why this is correct
The employee breached the company's own mandated VPN requirement, so the violation is against an organisational policy. It is not a legal, regulatory or technical-control failure; the defining factor is contravention of internally defined remote-access rules.
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