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200-901 · Question #581

Which service must be configured to provide time synchronization to the devices on a network to make it easier to correlate log events?

The correct answer is D. NTP. NTP is specifically designed for synchronizing the clocks of devices across networks. This ensures that log events across different devices have consistent timestamps, making it significantly easier to correlate and analyze them for security purposes, auditing, troubleshooting…

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Question

Which service must be configured to provide time synchronization to the devices on a network to make it easier to correlate log events?

Options

  • ADHCP
  • BSNMP
  • CNAT
  • DNTP

How the community answered

(50 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    92% (46)

Explanation

NTP is specifically designed for synchronizing the clocks of devices across networks. This ensures that log events across different devices have consistent timestamps, making it significantly easier to correlate and analyze them for security purposes, auditing, troubleshooting, and performance monitoring.

Topics

#NTP#Time synchronization#Network services#Log correlation

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