An Auditor Is Performing an Assessment of a Security Appliance

question 1116

Multiple Choice

An auditor is performing an assessment of a security appliance with an embedded OS that was vulnerable during the last two assessments. Which of the following BEST explains the appliance's vulnerable state?

• A) The system was configured with weak default security settings.
• B) The device uses weak encryption ciphers.
• C) The vendor has not supplied a patch for the appliance.
• D) The appliance requires administrative credentials for the assessment.

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