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Submitted by kavita_s· Mar 5, 2026Security Architecture and Engineering
Question
An external attacker has compromised an organization's network security perimeter and installed a sniffer onto an inside computer. Which of the following is the MOST effective layer of security the organization could have implemented to mitigate the attacker's ability to gain further information?
Options
- AImplement packet filtering on the network firewalls
- BInstall Host Based Intrusion Detection Systems (HIDS)
- CRequire strong authentication for administrators
- DImplement logical network segmentation at the switches
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Topics
#Network segmentation#Intrusion mitigation#Defense in depth#Lateral movement