Which of the following is an example of a technical control?

The correct answer is D. Firewall implementation. Technical (or logical) controls use technology to enforce security policies - firewalls, intrusion detection systems, encryption, and access control lists are classic examples. A firewall implementation directly uses technology to block unauthorized network traffic. An incident…

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AIncident response plan
BSecurity policy
CSecurity awareness training
DFirewall implementation

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Technical (or logical) controls use technology to enforce security policies - firewalls, intrusion detection systems, encryption, and access control lists are classic examples. A firewall implementation directly uses technology to block unauthorized network traffic. An incident response plan is an administrative/operational control, a security policy is an administrative control, and security awareness training is a managerial/administrative control.

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