Write an SoA extract with reasons
Objectives
Build this Northstar artifact from the mandatory fixture. Submit YAML using the shown field names; JSON is also valid YAML.
Checks test the stated fields and evidence phrases, not operational effectiveness or certification conformity.
Mandatory Northstar artifact requirements
Use access, authentication, development, and areas records. Include A.5.15 for unauthorized access and A.8.5 for stolen credentials, both planned. Exclude A.8.30 because employees do all development and there is no contracted development. Exclude A.7.6 because there are no secure areas in the assessed scope; review annual. Every included control also needs its reason. This fixed four-row extract is not a complete SoA or an instruction to exclude other controls.
Checks the server runs (3)
- Record necessary controls and honest status
- Justify the outsourced development exclusion
- Justify the secure areas exclusion
Check names are all you see here: the expectations that decide pass or fail, and the reference solution, stay on the server.
Step-by-step hints
The guided walkthrough, in full. It is free: no XP cost, and it does not touch the paid hint ladder or the reveal gate.
- Step 1
Record necessary controls and honest status
Read the fixture, identify the facts for record necessary controls and honest status, and populate the corresponding starter fields. Explain reasons using the specific case evidence.
Record necessary controls and honest status
- Step 2
Justify the outsourced development exclusion
Read the fixture, identify the facts for justify the outsourced development exclusion, and populate the corresponding starter fields. Explain reasons using the specific case evidence.
Justify the outsourced development exclusion
- Step 3
Justify the secure areas exclusion
Read the fixture, identify the facts for justify the secure areas exclusion, and populate the corresponding starter fields. Explain reasons using the specific case evidence.
Justify the secure areas exclusion
Rules summary
XP on pass
40 bonus XP the first time every check goes green.
Paid hints
1 available. Each costs 25% of the lab XP (about 10 XP).
Reveal solution
Scores 0 XP and unlocks only after 3 check runs.
Attempt cap
60 check runs per learner. The runner warns you in the last 10.
Drafts
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Walkthrough
Always free and never penalised: use it before spending a hint.