An Organization Has Hired a Penetration Tester to Test the Security

question 570

Multiple Choice

An organization has hired a penetration tester to test the security of its ten web servers. The penetration tester is able to gain root/administrative access in several servers by exploiting vulnerabilities associated with the implementation of SMTP, POP, DNS, FTP, Telnet, and IMAP. Which of the following recommendations should the penetration tester provide to the organization to better protect their web servers in the future?

• A) Use a honeypot
• B) Disable unnecessary services
• C) Implement transport layer security
• D) Increase application event logging

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Definitions:

Means

Statistical term referring to the average value of a set of numbers.

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis that assumes no significant difference or relationship between variables until evidence suggests otherwise.

Independent Means

Independent means refers to comparing the mean values of different groups in a study that are not related or interconnected.

T-statistic

A type of statistic used to estimate the significance of a parameter derived from a sample data set.