In which two ways has digitization transformed today's security threat landscape? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is A. Expanding complexity B. Growing ecosystem. Digitization has transformed the security threat landscape by expanding complexity (A) - more systems, protocols, and interdependencies create a vastly larger and harder-to-manage attack surface. It has also created a growing ecosystem (B) - more devices, cloud services…

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AExpanding complexity
BGrowing ecosystem
CDecreasing endpoint ecosystem
DDecreasing 3rd party applications
EDecreased access points

How the community answered

(28 responses)

A
86% (24)
C
4% (1)
D
4% (1)
E
7% (2)

Explanation

Digitization has transformed the security threat landscape by expanding complexity (A) - more systems, protocols, and interdependencies create a vastly larger and harder-to-manage attack surface. It has also created a growing ecosystem (B) - more devices, cloud services, vendors, and users mean more potential vulnerabilities and targets than ever before.

The distractors (C, D, E) all describe decreases, which is the opposite of what digitization causes. Digital transformation consistently increases endpoints, third-party application integrations, and access points - not decreases them. Any answer suggesting digitization shrinks the threat landscape is directionally wrong.

Memory tip: Think "digitization = MORE of everything bad" - more complexity, more ecosystem players, more endpoints, more apps, more access points. The two correct answers are the only ones that reflect growth, which aligns with the fundamental nature of digital expansion.

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#Digitization#Threat Landscape#Attack Surface Expansion#Ecosystem Risk

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