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Because of its importance to the business, an organization wants to quickly implement a technical solution which deviates from the company's policies. An information security manager should:

A. conduct a risk assessment and allow or disallow based on the outcome.

B. recommend a risk assessment and implementation only if the residual risks are accepted.

C. recommend against implementation because it violates the company's policies.

D. recommend revision of current policy.

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