Question 910
At Oceanview Payments, a team reports that it corrected the following problem affecting regulated payments and credentialed access: Posture assessment reports 'unknown' for a device and policy automatically treats it as compliant. Which observation BEST verifies that the correction actually worked?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Missing posture results cannot grant unrestricted access and users receive clear remediation guidance. This is the decisive evidence for the original problem: Posture assessment reports 'unknown' for a device and policy automatically treats it as compliant. It verifies that the intended corrective control—Fail safely or limit access until posture evidence is available, with an approved remediation path—works in the relevant environment; a completed change ticket alone would not prove the outcome at Oceanview Payments.
Incorrect Answers
Only properly enrolled or explicitly approved devices establish sensitive sessions. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A contractor's unmanaged computer connects through VPN despite a requirement for device certificate enrollment, usually addressed by Check device identity and registration as part of conditional access or posture evaluation. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Oceanview Payments was resolved. The specific required evidence is: Missing posture results cannot grant unrestricted access and users receive clear remediation guidance.
A compliant device passes relevant checks while actual high-risk devices remain blocked. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: An employee's fully patched workstation fails a posture check because the policy requires an irrelevant platform control, usually addressed by Align posture rules to supported device classes and document justified exceptions. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Oceanview Payments was resolved. The specific required evidence is: Missing posture results cannot grant unrestricted access and users receive clear remediation guidance.
A new noncompliance event causes the applicable session policy to change. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: Endpoint posture is checked at initial connection but not after a critical compliance change, usually addressed by Implement ongoing or re-triggered posture evaluation with authorization updates where supported. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Oceanview Payments was resolved. The specific required evidence is: Missing posture results cannot grant unrestricted access and users receive clear remediation guidance.