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What are two benefts of workload security? (Choose two.)
The correct answer is A. reduced attack surface C. scalable security policies. Workload security helps reduce the attack surface of systems and enables the implementation of scalable security policies across diverse environments.
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What are two benefts of workload security? (Choose two.)
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- Areduced attack surface
- Bautomated patching
- Cscalable security policies
- Dtracked application security
- Eworkload modeling
How the community answered
(52 responses)- A88% (46)
- B8% (4)
- D2% (1)
- E2% (1)
Why each option
Workload security helps reduce the attack surface of systems and enables the implementation of scalable security policies across diverse environments.
Workload security focuses on hardening individual workloads, whether they are VMs, containers, or serverless functions, by applying security configurations and removing unnecessary components, thereby reducing the points of vulnerability an attacker can exploit.
While some workload security solutions might integrate with patching, 'automated patching' is a general IT operations benefit and not a primary or exclusive benefit of workload security itself.
Workload security solutions enable the creation and enforcement of centralized security policies that can be consistently applied across various types of workloads, environments (cloud, on-premises), and at scale, ensuring uniform protection.
While workload security involves monitoring, 'tracked application security' is vague; its primary benefit is proactive protection and posture management across the workload rather than merely tracking application vulnerabilities.
Workload modeling is typically an architectural or planning activity to understand workload behavior and resource needs, not a direct security benefit provided by workload security solutions.
Concept tested: Benefits of workload security
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security-center/security-center-introduction-azure-security
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