Exam CISSP topic 1 question 374 discussion

Question tripped me up. Remember this is asking what you should PROTECT next after human life (not what you should use to select a data center site!). SO we have a tough call between A & B; but you can recover operations and buy new property – you can’t undo a data breach.

When planning a data center, protecting data and hardware is critical because they are the core assets that ensure the functionality and purpose of the facility. Data is often the most valuable asset of an organization, and hardware (servers, storage devices, etc.) is essential for processing and storing that data. Without safeguarding these elements, the organization risks losing sensitive information, operational continuity, and compliance with regulations.

A. Data and hardware This is not a general question about an organisation, rather about a Data Centre. So This is because the primary purpose of a data center is to securely store and process data, and the hardware is critical to maintaining operations, ensuring business continuity, and safeguarding sensitive information. While other elements like property, operations, resources, reputation, profits, and assets are important, data and hardware are the core components that define the functionality and reliability of a data center.

Assets encompass data, hardware and everything that keeps business; even human is an asset , if we can exclude human then the question is focusing on next single thing.. Data and hardware should be correct

Assets, Data is an asset . D includes A

Apart from life what it is most important to PROTECT is data

A. Data and hardware "Next to people data is the most important asset a organization has to protect." ..............Shon Harris Study Guide 9th Edition Chapter 5.

"Next to people data is the most important asset a organization has to protect." Shon Harris Study Guide 9th Edition Chapter 5.

CISSP Official Study Guide - 'A core element is selecting or designing the facility to house your IT infrastructure and your organization's operations.'

The data is right but the second part is not right. Reputation covers data as well. The correct answer is C.

A is correct. "Data"

Data, resources, reputation, hardware, and property all fall under assets.

I am going with D. Profits and Assets. next important thing to a business after human life is profits. because that's the whole reason for running a business. Assets covers rest of the things i.e.: Data, Hardware, reputation, market share etc.

Question is specifically asking about elements to protect at a data center site. Clearly that would be personnel safety (life), company data and equipment.

Besides LIFE, after that protecting the business and or data. I'm going with the answer that has data. Without data no bizz.

If you look in the Shon Harris Study Guide 9th Edition Chapter 5 assets, The introduction she writes "Next to people data is the most important asset a organization has to protect."

Agree with C.