A technician is tasked with improving the security of a SOHO network. The office is comprised of a single wireless router located under the front desk where the office manager sits. All desktop…

Disabling remote management is a valid hardening step, but physical security is more immediately critical given the router's openly accessible location under the front desk.

WPA2 wireless encryption is irrelevant because the scenario states wireless is already disabled on the router.

The scenario explicitly states the router is already configured with strong device credentials, so changing default credentials has already been completed.

The scenario explicitly states the router already has strong device credentials and wireless is already disabled, so those common hardening steps are complete. The remaining security gap is physical - the router is accessible to anyone at or near the front desk, allowing direct physical tampering, console access, or factory reset attacks. Placing it in a locked room eliminates this physical attack surface, which is the logical next hardening step.