Sign-on procedures include the creation of a unique user ID
and password. However, an IS auditor discovers that in many
cases the user name and password are the same. The BEST
control to mitigate this risk is to:

A. change the company's security policy.

B. educate users about the risk of weak passwords.

C. build in validations to prevent this during user creation
and password change.

D. require a periodic review of matching user ID and
passwords for detection and correction.



Sign-on procedures include the creation of a unique user ID and password. However, an IS auditor di..

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Answer: C

The compromise of the password is the highest risk. The best
control is a preventive control through validation at the
time the password is created or changed. Changing the
company's security policy and educating users about the risk
of weak passwords only provides information to users, but
does little to enforce this control. Requiring a periodic
review of matching user ID and passwords for detection and
ensuring correction is a detective control.

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