Your Company Is Experiencing an Increase in Malware Incidents

question 22

Multiple Choice

Your company is experiencing an increase in malware incidents. Your manager is asking for advice on how best to verify that company-owned workstations are up-to-date with security patches, anti-malware requirements, and software application updates. The manager is also concerned that employee-owned devices connecting to the corporate LAN have the same level of security as the company devices.
Which of the following protections and services should you recommend?

• A) Implement a firewall with packet inspection.
• B) Implement an intrusion detection system appliance.
• C) Implement an endpoint management server appliance.
• D) Implement an intrusion prevention system.

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