CAS-003 · Question #160
A web services company is planning a one-time high-profile event to be hosted on the corporate website. An outage, due to an attack, would be publicly embarrassing, so Joe, the Chief Executive…
The correct answer is C. Contract and configure scrubbing services with third-party DDoS mitigation providers. Scrubbing is an excellent way of dealing with this type of situation where the company wants to stay connected no matter what during the one-time high profile event. It involves deploying a multi-layered security approach backed by extensive threat research to defend against a…
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A web services company is planning a one-time high-profile event to be hosted on the corporate website. An outage, due to an attack, would be publicly embarrassing, so Joe, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), has requested that his security engineers put temporary preventive controls in place. Which of the following would MOST appropriately address Joe's concerns?
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- AEnsure web services hosting the event use TCP cookies and deny_hosts.
- BConfigure an intrusion prevention system that blocks IPs after detecting too many incomplete
- CContract and configure scrubbing services with third-party DDoS mitigation providers.
- DPurchase additional bandwidth from the company's Internet service provider.
How the community answered
(37 responses)- A3% (1)
- B8% (3)
- C84% (31)
- D5% (2)
Explanation
Scrubbing is an excellent way of dealing with this type of situation where the company wants to stay connected no matter what during the one-time high profile event. It involves deploying a multi-layered security approach backed by extensive threat research to defend against a variety of attacks with a guarantee of always-on.
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