ISC2 CC Practice Question: Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Incident Response
During a data breach investigation, the incident response team discovers that personally identifiable information (PII) of EU residents was exfiltrated. Under GDPR, what is the maximum time frame for notifying the supervisory authority?
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72 hours
GDPR requires notification to the supervisory authority within 72 hours of becoming aware of a personal data breach.
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72 hours
Why this is correct
GDPR Article 33 requires notification within 72 hours.
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7 days
Why it's wrong here
7 days exceeds the GDPR requirement.
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48 hours
Why it's wrong here
48 hours is not the GDPR requirement.
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24 hours
Why it's wrong here
Some state laws have 24-hour requirements, but GDPR is 72 hours.
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Incident Response and Management
Key term
Personally identifiable information
Personally identifiable information (PII) is any data that can be used to identify, contact, or locate a specific individual, either alone or when combined with other information.
Key term
Incident response
Incident response is the structured approach an organization uses to identify, contain, and recover from cybersecurity incidents like data breaches or ransomware attacks.
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