CompTIA Security+ Question G-71

Ann, the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), has agreed to allow users to bring their own device (BYOD) in order to leverage mobile technology without providing every user with a company owned device. She is concerned that users may not understand the company’s rules, and she wants to limit potential legal concerns. Which of the following is the CTO concerned with?

A. Data ownership
B. Device access control
C. Support ownership
D. Acceptable use

Answer: A

Explanation:
Issues of limiting potential legal concerns regarding company rules where users are allowed to bring their own devices is the premise of data ownership. When a third party (in this case the user’s own device) is involves in a data exchange when clear rules and restrictions should be applied regarding data ownership.

CompTIA Security+ Question E-100

Various employees have lost valuable customer data due to hard drives failing in company provided laptops. It has been discovered that the hard drives used in one model of laptops provided by the company has been recalled by the manufactory, The help desk is only able to replace the hard drives after they fail because there is no centralized records of the model of laptop given to each specific user. Which of the following could have prevented this situation from occurring?

A. Data backups
B. Asset tracking
C. Support ownership
D. BYOD policies

Answer: A