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CAS-005 · Question #371

A security engineer is performing a vulnerability management scan on multihomed Linux systems. The engineer notices that the vulnerability count is high due to the fact that each vulnerability is mult

The correct answer is B. Deploy an agent.. Deploying an agent on the systems will allow for more accurate and centralized vulnerability management. The agent can deduplicate vulnerabilities by associating them with a specific host, regardless of how many network interface cards (NICs) the system has. This helps eliminate

Submitted by jordan8· Mar 6, 2026Security Operations

Question

A security engineer is performing a vulnerability management scan on multihomed Linux systems. The engineer notices that the vulnerability count is high due to the fact that each vulnerability is multiplied by the number of NICs on each system. Which of the following should the engineer do to deduplicate the vulnerabilities and to associate the vulnerabilities with a particular host?

Options

  • AUse a SCAP scanner.
  • BDeploy an agent.
  • CInitiate a discovery scan.
  • DPerform an Nmap scan.

How the community answered

(32 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    84% (27)
  • C
    9% (3)
  • D
    3% (1)

Explanation

Deploying an agent on the systems will allow for more accurate and centralized vulnerability management. The agent can deduplicate vulnerabilities by associating them with a specific host, regardless of how many network interface cards (NICs) the system has. This helps eliminate the issue of vulnerabilities being counted multiple times for each NIC. Agents can also collect data from the system more accurately and ensure that vulnerabilities are tied to the correct host.

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