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CAS-003 · Question #217

A systems security engineer is assisting an organization's market survey team in reviewing requirements for an upcoming acquisition of mobile devices. The engineer expresses concerns to the survey…

The correct answer is C. The associated firmware is more likely to remain out of date and potentially vulnerable. The separate system-on-a-Chip would be vulnerable down the line as it is not managed by the

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Question

A systems security engineer is assisting an organization's market survey team in reviewing requirements for an upcoming acquisition of mobile devices. The engineer expresses concerns to the survey team about a particular class of devices that uses a separate SoC for baseband radio I/O. For which of the following reasons is the engineer concerned?

Options

  • AThese devices can communicate over networks older than HSPA+ and LTE standards, exposing
  • BThe organization will be unable to restrict the use of NFC, electromagnetic induction, and
  • CThe associated firmware is more likely to remain out of date and potentially vulnerable
  • DThe manufacturers of the baseband radios are unable to enforce mandatory access controls

How the community answered

(54 responses)
  • A
    11% (6)
  • B
    6% (3)
  • C
    61% (33)
  • D
    22% (12)

Explanation

The separate system-on-a-Chip would be vulnerable down the line as it is not managed by the

Topics

#mobile security#baseband radio#firmware vulnerabilities#SoC architecture

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