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The synchronous copy of the storage achieves the RPO objective and a warm site operational in 48 hours meets the required RTO. Asynchronous updates of the database in distributed locations do not meet the RPO. Synchronous updates of the data and standby active systems in a hot site meet the RPO and RTO requirements but are more costly than a warm site solution.

Section: Governance and Management of IT

The MAIN concern with MP3 players and flash drives is data leakage, especially sensitive information. This could occur if the devices were lost or stolen. The risk when copying songs and videos is copyright infringement, but this is normally aless important risk than information leakage. Choice C is hardly an issue because employees normally buy the portable media with their own funds. Choice D is a possible risk, but not as important as information leakage and can be reduced by other controls.

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It is important for the IS auditor to determine if any credit card information is stored on the local point-of- sale (POS) system. Any such information, if stored, should be encrypted or protected by other means to avoid the possibility of unauthorized disclosure. Manually inputting sale invoices into the accounting application is an operational issue, if the POS system were to be interfaced with the financial accounting application, the overall efficiency could be improved. The nonavailability of optical scanners to read bar codes of the products and power outages are operational issues.