A Computer on a Company Network Was Infected with a Zero-Day

question 76

Multiple Choice

A computer on a company network was infected with a zero-day exploit after an employee accidently opened an email that contained malicious content. The employee recognized the email as malicious and was attempting to delete it, but accidently opened it. Which of the following should be done to prevent this scenario from occurring again in the future?

• A) Install host-based firewalls on all computers that have an email client installed
• B) Set the email program default to open messages in plain text
• C) Install end-point protection on all computers that access web email
• D) Create new email spam filters to delete all messages from that sender

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