CRISC IT Risk Identification Practice Question
A company's risk appetite statement says it is willing to accept moderate levels of operational risk but has low tolerance for compliance risk. During risk identification, which of the following scenarios should be IMMEDIATELY escalated to senior management?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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A new cloud service may inadvertently expose customer PII due to misconfiguration
Given the low tolerance for compliance risk, any potential compliance violation (like PII exposure) must be escalated immediately, even if operational risk is moderate.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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A planned system upgrade may cause two hours of downtime during maintenance window
Why it's wrong here
This is operational risk within moderate appetite and likely acceptable.
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A vendor is late in delivering a software patch for a low-severity bug
Why it's wrong here
This is operational and likely within tolerance.
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A new cloud service may inadvertently expose customer PII due to misconfiguration
Why this is correct
Correct. This involves compliance risk (data protection) and low tolerance.
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An employee mistakenly deletes a non-critical test database
Why it's wrong here
This is a low-impact operational event.
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