Information Security: Principles and Practices 2nd Edition by Jim Breithaupt, Mark S. Merkow

Exercise 22

Who is responsible for assuring that systems are auditable and protected from excessive privileges?

A. compliance officers

B. access coordinators

C. security administrators

D. policymakers

Step 1 of 2

System Security administrators

Security administrators assure that computing systems work with the auditing mechanisms and are being protected from the excessive privileges.

The security administrators work alongside with the system administrators and the database administrators so as to assure that the separation of duties still exists, and thus prevents the excessive privileges and assures that the mechanisms of audits are still present and being operated.

Therefore, the correct option is.