A Security Engineer Is Attempting to Increase the Randomness of Numbers

question 355

Multiple Choice

A security engineer is attempting to increase the randomness of numbers used in key generation in a system. The goal of the effort is to strengthen the keys against predictive analysis attacks. Which of the following is the BEST solution?

• A) Use an entropy-as-a-service vendor to leverage larger entropy pools.
• B) Loop multiple pseudo-random number generators in a series to produce larger numbers.
• C) Increase key length by two orders of magnitude to detect brute forcing.
• D) Shift key generation algorithms to ECC algorithms.

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