All organization is concerned about insider threats from employees who have individual access to encrypted material. Which of the following techniques best addresses this issue?

The correct answer is E. Key splitting. Key splitting involves dividing the encryption key into multiple parts, where no single individual holds the entire key. This technique prevents any one person from being able to decrypt the encrypted material by themselves, thus reducing the risk of insider threats.

Submitted by satoshi_tk· Mar 6, 2026Security Engineering

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ASSO with MFA
BSating and hashing
CAccount federation with hardware tokens
DSAE
EKey splitting

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Key splitting involves dividing the encryption key into multiple parts, where no single individual holds the entire key. This technique prevents any one person from being able to decrypt the encrypted material by themselves, thus reducing the risk of insider threats.

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