A systems administrator needs to implement a security control that will prevent unknown malware from infecting a system in case the antivirus solution fails. Which of the following should the…

The correct answer is A. A software whitelist. Application whitelisting is the practice of specifying an index of approved software applications or executable files that are permitted to be present and active on a computer system. The goal of whitelisting is to protect computers and networks from potentially harmful

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A systems administrator needs to implement a security control that will prevent unknown malware from infecting a system in case the antivirus solution fails. Which of the following should the administrator implement?

Options

AA software whitelist
BFile integrity monitoring
CA host-based IDS
DHardened baselines

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A
88% (14)
B
6% (1)
D
6% (1)

Explanation

Application whitelisting is the practice of specifying an index of approved software applications or executable files that are permitted to be present and active on a computer system. The goal of whitelisting is to protect computers and networks from potentially harmful

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