Question 710
At Brookside Manufacturing, the industrial security team is conducting a plant safety and IT security assessment under requirements for production continuity and controlled test windows. The team now needs objective retest evidence for: An OT incident response playbook calls for immediately shutting down a controller that regulates a safety-critical process. Which result BEST demonstrates successful remediation?
Explanation
Correct Answer
A tabletop proves the incident team can reduce network exposure without creating an uncontrolled physical safety hazard. The observable result demonstrates that the documented condition, An OT incident response playbook calls for immediately shutting down a controller that regulates a safety-critical process. has been addressed. The planned remediation is: Coordinate containment with the process owner and safety procedures, using staged isolation where appropriate. This is a stronger validation than a saved ticket or unverified claim by Brookside Manufacturing.
Incorrect Answers
A copied factory password cannot administer another installed gateway and approved management remains available. That observation would verify another scenario: A smart building gateway ships with a universal administrator password shared across every deployed device. The corrective step for that other scenario is: Replace default credentials with unique managed identities and restrict device-management access. But Brookside Manufacturing is evaluating: An OT incident response playbook calls for immediately shutting down a controller that regulates a safety-critical process. The necessary outcome is: A tabletop proves the incident team can reduce network exposure without creating an uncontrolled physical safety hazard.
Devices reject a tampered update image and a valid approved update completes successfully. That observation would verify another scenario: A sensor fleet lacks a secure firmware-update process and accepts update files from an unauthenticated network share. The corrective step for that other scenario is: Require signed firmware, verified update provenance and a tested recovery/rollback path. But Brookside Manufacturing is evaluating: An OT incident response playbook calls for immediately shutting down a controller that regulates a safety-critical process. The necessary outcome is: A tabletop proves the incident team can reduce network exposure without creating an uncontrolled physical safety hazard.
An external test cannot reach controller interfaces directly and authorized vendor sessions are recorded through the access gateway. That observation would verify another scenario: An industrial controller network is directly routed to the public internet to simplify vendor maintenance. The corrective step for that other scenario is: Use segmented OT zones and controlled brokered remote access with named approval and monitoring. But Brookside Manufacturing is evaluating: An OT incident response playbook calls for immediately shutting down a controller that regulates a safety-critical process. The necessary outcome is: A tabletop proves the incident team can reduce network exposure without creating an uncontrolled physical safety hazard.