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220-1102 · Question #857

A systems administrator receives notification about unauthorized access to company resources outside normal business hours. Which of the following security measures should the systems administrator…

The correct answer is D. Multifactor authentication. To prevent unauthorized access, particularly outside business hours where credentials may be compromised, implementing multifactor authentication (MFA) is the most effective security measure. MFA requires an additional verification step beyond just a password, significantly…

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Question

A systems administrator receives notification about unauthorized access to company resources outside normal business hours. Which of the following security measures should the systems administrator implement to prevent further unauthorized use?

Options

  • APerimeter firewalls
  • BSSL-enabled DNS
  • CAnonymizing VPNs
  • DMultifactor authentication

How the community answered

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  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    6% (2)
  • C
    9% (3)
  • D
    81% (26)

Why each option

To prevent unauthorized access, particularly outside business hours where credentials may be compromised, implementing multifactor authentication (MFA) is the most effective security measure. MFA requires an additional verification step beyond just a password, significantly increasing security.

APerimeter firewalls

Perimeter firewalls control network traffic at the boundary, but they typically allow access for legitimate credentials. If an attacker possesses valid credentials, a firewall alone will not prevent them from accessing internal resources.

BSSL-enabled DNS

SSL-enabled DNS (DNS over HTTPS/TLS) encrypts DNS queries to enhance privacy and prevent DNS manipulation, but it does not directly prevent unauthorized login attempts to company resources using compromised credentials.

CAnonymizing VPNs

Anonymizing VPNs are used to obscure a user's IP address and internet activity, which is generally not a security measure an organization would implement for its own resources to prevent unauthorized access; rather, it makes tracking legitimate and illegitimate access more difficult.

DMultifactor authenticationCorrect

Multifactor authentication (MFA) requires users to provide two or more different authentication factors (e.g., something you know like a password, something you have like a token or phone, something you are like a fingerprint). This significantly prevents unauthorized access even if an attacker manages to obtain a user's password because they would still lack the second factor.

Concept tested: Multifactor authentication (MFA)

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/authentication/concept-mfa-howitworks

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#Multifactor authentication (MFA)#Access control#Authentication#Security prevention

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