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SSCP · Question #388

SSCP Question #388: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is D: Regularly scanning PCs in use to ensure that unauthorized copies of software have not. The best way to prevent and detect software license violations is to regularly scan used PCs, either from the LAN or directly, to ensure that unauthorized copies of software have not been loaded on the PC. Other options are not detective. A corporate policy is not necessarily enf

Submitted by minji_kr· Apr 18, 2026Security Operations and Administration

Question

Which of the following is the BEST way to detect software license violations?

Options

  • AImplementing a corporate policy on copyright infringements and software use.
  • BRequiring that all PCs be diskless workstations.
  • CInstalling metering software on the LAN so applications can be accessed through the
  • DRegularly scanning PCs in use to ensure that unauthorized copies of software have not

Explanation

The best way to prevent and detect software license violations is to regularly scan used PCs, either from the LAN or directly, to ensure that unauthorized copies of software have not been loaded on the PC. Other options are not detective. A corporate policy is not necessarily enforced and followed by all employees. Software can be installed from other means than floppies or CD-ROMs (from a LAN or even downloaded from the Internet) and software metering only concerns applications that are

Topics

#Software License Management#Compliance Auditing#Security Scanning#Detection Controls

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