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JK0-018 · Question #215
A security administrator plans on replacing a critical business application in five years. Recently, there was a security flaw discovered in the application that will cause the IT department to…
The correct answer is D. Accept the risk and continue to enable the accounts each month saving money. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
A security administrator plans on replacing a critical business application in five years. Recently, there was a security flaw discovered in the application that will cause the IT department to manually re-enable user accounts each month at a cost of $2,000. Patching the application today would cost $140,000 and take two months to implement. Which of the following should the security administrator do in regards to the application?
Options
- AAvoid the risk to the user base allowing them to re-enable their own accounts
- BMitigate the risk by patching the application to increase security and saving money
- CTransfer the risk replacing the application now instead of in five years
- DAccept the risk and continue to enable the accounts each month saving money
How the community answered
(27 responses)- A11% (3)
- B7% (2)
- C4% (1)
- D78% (21)
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