A financial services company is preparing for an external security assessment to be conducted by a specialized cybersecurity firm. The CISO wants to ensure proper preparation before the assessment team arrives. Which of the following is the MOST critical action the CISO should take before the external assessment begins?
Establish comprehensive legal agreements and documentation
Grant elevated access credentials to testing personnel
Reconfigure security monitoring thresholds during the assessment window
Provide detailed technical architecture documentation to the assessment team
The correct answer is establishing comprehensive legal agreements and documentation. Before external security assessments begin, proper legal agreements must be in place to protect both parties, defining test scope, permitted techniques, timing, and liability protections if issues occur. These agreements also include non-disclosure provisions for any discovered vulnerabilities. This legal foundation must precede technical preparations.
Other options are secondary considerations: providing technical documentation should follow legal agreements, granting elevated access is often unnecessary initially (and may be inappropriate), and reconfiguring security monitoring would create an artificial environment that doesn't represent real-world security conditions.
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