A Security Analysis at the Potomac Canal Company Recommends Installing

question 451

Multiple Choice

A security analysis at The Potomac Canal Company recommends installing an IDS appliance and a firewall appliance. These appliances should connect directly into a Layer 3 switch. A load balancer and SSL termination have also been recommended.Potomac's management have expressed concern over the cost. You suggest using integrated blades. What is one advantage and one disadvantage of your design proposal? (Choose two.)

• A) The data center would need several devices to achieve its goal.
• B) Increased usage of standalone devices is cost-effective.
• C) Using integrated blades would only require two devices.
• D) Putting all security devices in a single chassis provides a single point of failure.

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