A healthcare system recently suffered from a ransomware incident. As a result, the board of directors decided to hire a security consultant to improve existing network security. The security…

SD-WAN focuses on optimizing WAN traffic and connectivity, not directly on internal network security, privileged access, or RDP security.

Privileged Access Management (PAM) directly addresses the 'no privileged access limits' by controlling, monitoring, and auditing accounts with elevated permissions, preventing misuse of administrative access.

A remote access VPN secures external connections to the network, but it does not inherently solve internal flat network issues, privileged access problems, or RDP security for internal users.

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) enhances security for RDP access and privileged accounts by requiring multiple verification methods, significantly reducing the risk of unauthorized access even if credentials are compromised.

Network segmentation tackles the 'completely flat network' issue by dividing the network into smaller, isolated segments, limiting the lateral movement of attackers and containing breaches.

BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) is a routing protocol used to exchange routing information between autonomous systems on the internet, which is unrelated to internal network segmentation or access control.

Network Access Control (NAC) enforces policies on devices connecting to the network, but PAM, MFA, and network segmentation are more direct solutions to the specific challenges of privileged access limits, RDP security, and a flat network.