Reasons for Grayed Out Controls in the Regulatory Compliance Dashboard

Correct Answer: A.

Option A is correct.

Some controls are grayed out.

These controls don't have any Security Center assessments associated with them.

Option B, C & D are incorrect.

These are not the valid reasons for graying out the security controls.

Reference:

The Regulatory compliance dashboard is a tool in Microsoft Azure Security Center that helps organizations assess their compliance with various regulatory standards such as PCI DSS, HIPAA, and ISO 27001. The dashboard provides visibility into security controls that are required by the standard, and it allows organizations to assess their compliance with those controls.

When some controls appear grayed out in the Regulatory compliance dashboard, it means that those controls are not currently being assessed by Azure Security Center. There are several possible reasons why a control might not be assessed:

Option A: These controls don't have any Security Center assessments associated with them. This means that Azure Security Center does not currently have an assessment for that control. It could be because the control is not relevant to the specific environment or workload, or it could be because Azure Security Center has not yet developed an assessment for that control.

Option B: You don't have privileges to remediate the security control. This means that you do not have sufficient permissions to take action on that control. This could be because you do not have the appropriate role-based access control (RBAC) permissions in Azure, or it could be because the control is owned by another team or organization.

Option C: You are using an older version of the standard and need to update. This means that the control is no longer relevant to the current version of the standard. This could happen if the organization has not updated its compliance requirements to reflect the latest version of the standard.

Option D: The assessment for this control was already remediated but was not updated yet. This means that the control has already been assessed and remediated, but the assessment results have not yet been updated in Azure Security Center. This could happen if the assessment was performed manually outside of Azure Security Center or if there was a delay in updating the assessment results.

In summary, controls that appear grayed out in the Regulatory compliance dashboard are not currently being assessed by Azure Security Center. The specific reason for this could be due to the control not having any associated assessments, lack of sufficient permissions to remediate the control, the control being outdated or already remediated, or other possible reasons.