CISSP Training Guide

Apply Your Knowledge

Exercises

7.1. Best Practices for Fax Services

Facsimile transmission at your company consists of several fax machines around the company. To send a fax someone must take a paper hard copy to the machine, load the document and punch in the recipients fax machine phone number. To receive a fax you must direct companies to use the fax number of the machine nearest you and retrieve the fax yourself. Fax machines are unmonitored and in public rooms.

1. Explain why the proposed controls listed in the worksheet outlined in Table 7.6 should be added to improve the security posture of your company's facsimile management.

2. Use your knowledge of operations security to mark your choices by placing an X in the Select column. Then describe ...