A multinational enterprise migrates sensitive analytics workloads to a cloud provider. The environment uses a zero-trust architecture, and encryption is enabled for data in transit and at rest. During a review, the CISO learns that several teams are using cloud-native analytics tools that temporarily decrypt and process customer PII inside managed service environments where the organization has no visibility into memory, caching, or key-handling operations. Which control is MOST critical to implement to maintain data-lifecycle protection under these conditions? A. Enforce customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) and prohibit provider-managed key usage. B. Implement strict data-minimization and tokenization before data enters the cloud analytics pipeline. C. Require all analytics tools to run only in containers where memory and cache can be fully inspected. D. Mandate continuous CASB monitoring to detect shadow analytics workflows and unauthorized data feeds.

A global enterprise adopts a strict zero-trust network architecture. All workloads—on-prem, cloud, and containerized—must mutually authenticate before communicating. To comply with regulatory requirements, the company must also maintain full packet-level visibility for threat analysis and incident response. Which solution BEST satisfies all of these requirements simultaneously? A. Deploy full end-to-end TLS between all workloads and rely on IDS/IPS to inspect only metadata and flow logs. B. Use a TLS termination proxy at network choke points and decrypt all internal traffic for inspection before re-encrypting. C. Implement mutual TLS within a service mesh that supports encrypted telemetry export and out-of-band traffic mirroring for deep packet inspection. D. Use host-based agents to perform inline decryption on each workload and send decrypted payload streams to the central IDS via secure channels.

If you missed it last time, May Brooks is graciously welcoming CISSP Study Group members back into her CISSP Masterclass! Completely free! This live session will be held on: Sunday, December 7th — 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM *Dubai time* (please check your time zone conversion) May is one of the most respected CISSP instructors worldwide. She’s an ISC2 Board Member, co-author of the Official CISSP Study Guide, a TEDx speaker, bestselling author (Scams, Hacking, and Cybersecurity). Having her open her masterclass to our group speaks volumes about the reputation you all have built here. Here’s what this means for you: 📚 Free Access to Mae’s Masterclass – If you’re serious about passing the CISSP, this is one of the most valuable sessions you can attend 💡 Ideal for All Levels – Whether you’re early in your studies or testing soon, Mae’s perspective will give you insights you won’t get anywhere else. 🤝 Community Recognition – May specifically wanted our study group to join because she believes in what you’re building here. See you there! Link & Access Info

Also a big congrats to @Jeremy Moran who passed his CISSP today! Congrats man! Leave him some love!

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