Question 210
A change agent asks the owner to authorize a firewall exception. The owner explicitly denies it, but the model keeps asking the same approver through alternate channels. What should its control logic do?
Explanation
Correct Answer
An explicit policy decision is a termination condition for the requested side effect. Repeated prompts cannot overturn denial.
Incorrect Answers
Resumption should preserve material policy decisions. Deleting state causes repeated unauthorized requests.
Approval shopping can bypass accountability. The scope and authority of the decision must be respected.
A refusal is not execution authority. Side effects must remain blocked.