CISSP Practice Question: In a multinational healthcare organization, what would MOST likely happen if redundant…

Correct Answer: D. Increased risk of service disruption

Explanation (CISSP Manager Logic):

Redundancy is a fundamental control used to eliminate single points of failure and ensure high availability. In a multinational healthcare environment, failing to provide backup communication paths creates a direct threat to business continuity and patient safety, as any single link failure results in immediate downtime.

By implementing this solution, you:

• Ensure operational resilience and service continuity
• Meet regulatory availability requirements for critical data
• Mitigate the financial and reputational impact of outages

While the other options are relevant, they fall short because:

• A: Redundancy typically improves performance through load balancing rather than increasing latency.
• B: Data availability is severely compromised, not improved, when communication paths are removed.
• C: While initial capital expenditure is lower, the long-term risk of outages violates the principle of due care.

Think like a manager:

Prioritize the Availability pillar of the CIA triad by investing in resilience. Saving on infrastructure costs is never a valid trade-off for the total loss of mission-critical services.