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CAS-005 · Question #154
An organization receives OSINT reports about an increase in ransomware targeting fileshares at peer companies. The organization wants to deploy hardening policies to its servers and workstations in or
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Submitted by emma.c· Mar 6, 2026Security Engineering
Question
An organization receives OSINT reports about an increase in ransomware targeting fileshares at peer companies. The organization wants to deploy hardening policies to its servers and workstations in order to contain potential ransomware. Which of the following should an engineer do to best achieve this goal?
Options
- AAllow only interactive log-in for users on workstations and restrict port 445 traffic to fileshares.
- BEnable biometric authentication mechanisms on user workstations and block port 53 traffic.
- CInstruct users to use a password manager when generating new credentials and secure port 443
- DGive users permission to rotate administrator passwords and deny port 80 traffic.
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