A Small Company's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Has Asked Its

question 872

Multiple Choice

A small company's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has asked its Chief Security Officer (CSO) to improve the company's security posture quickly with regard to targeted attacks. Which of the following should the CSO conduct FIRST?

• A) Survey threat feeds from services inside the same industry.
• B) Purchase multiple threat feeds to ensure diversity and implement blocks for malicious traffic
• C) Conduct an internal audit against industry best practices to perform a qualitative analysis.
• D) Deploy a UTM solution that receives frequent updates from a trusted industry vendor.

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Definitions:

Preferred Mix

The optimal combination or assortment of goods, services, investments, or resources desired by an individual, firm, or economy.

Inverted-U Theory

A concept suggesting that there is an optimum level of a variable, beyond which its effect begins to decline or become negative, often applied to the relationship between income inequality and economic development.

Market Concentration Ratio

A measure used to determine the level of competition within a market by analyzing the market share of the largest firms within the industry.

R&D Expenditures

Funds invested by companies or governments in research and development to innovate or improve products, services, or processes.