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An organization is preparing its annual compliance roadmap and needs to explain the purpose of external third-party security audits to executive leadership. Which of the following statements correctly describe key characteristics of an external third-party security audit? (Select TWO.)

  1. It provides independent, objective assurance of security controls to external stakeholders and regulators.Cevap
  2. It evaluates operational and technical controls against an established compliance standard or audit framework.Cevap
  3. C
    It acts as an automated detective control designed to intercept and block malicious network traffic in real time.
  4. D
    It serves as a direct technical mitigation that automatically remediates host software vulnerabilities found during testing.

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The statements correctly describing an external third-party security audit are that it provides independent, objective assurance of security controls to external stakeholders and regulators, and it evaluates operational and technical controls against an established compliance standard or audit framework.
External third-party security audits are defined by independent evaluations conducted by external assessors to provide objective verification to stakeholders and regulators. They evaluate an organization's existing controls against established standards or compliance frameworks.

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1
Identify the primary function of external security audits.
Recognize that external audits are conducted by independent auditors to provide objective assurance to outside parties such as clients and regulators.
Auditor independence is necessary to deliver unbiased verification.
2
Distinguish auditing activities from active security controls and vulnerability patching.
Understand that audits assess compliance against formal frameworks without acting as inline defense mechanisms or applying technical software fixes.
Audits report on security posture rather than functioning as operational security tools.

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Key Characteristics of External Security Audits
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