An Engineer Used a Posture Check on a Microsoft Windows

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Multiple Choice

An engineer used a posture check on a Microsoft Windows endpoint and discovered that the MS17-010 patch was not installed, which left the endpoint vulnerable to WannaCry ransomware. Which two solutions mitigate the risk of this ransomware infection? (Choose two.)

• A) Configure a posture policy in Cisco Identity Services Engine to install the MS17-010 patch before allowing access on the network.
• B) Set up a profiling policy in Cisco Identity Services Engine to check an endpoint patch level before allowing access on the network.
• C) Configure a posture policy in Cisco Identity Services Engine to check that an endpoint patch level is met before allowing access on the network.
• D) Configure endpoint firewall policies to stop the exploit traffic from being allowed to run and replicate throughout the network.
• E) Set up a well-defined endpoint patching strategy to ensure that endpoints have critical vulnerabilities patched in a timely fashion.

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