Which of the following is the PRIMARY reason to establish maximum idle virtual private network (VPN) times?

The correct answer is B. To protect data from unauthorized access. An idle VPN session that remains active on an unattended device can be exploited by anyone who gains physical or logical access to that machine - without needing additional credentials. Automatically terminating idle sessions limits the window of exposure and protects the data…

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Options

ATo prevent online tracking or monitoring
BTo protect data from unauthorized access
CTo limit the number of concurrent licenses
DTo improve system performance

How the community answered

(48 responses)

A
2% (1)
B
88% (42)
C
4% (2)
D
6% (3)

Explanation

An idle VPN session that remains active on an unattended device can be exploited by anyone who gains physical or logical access to that machine - without needing additional credentials. Automatically terminating idle sessions limits the window of exposure and protects the data and systems accessible through the tunnel. Preventing tracking (A) is not a VPN-timeout goal. License management (C) and performance (D) may be secondary benefits but are not the primary security rationale.

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#VPN security#Session management#Access control#Data protection

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