A financial company requires a new private network link with a business partner to cater for real- time and batched data flows. Which of the following activities should be performed by the IT…

Baseline reporting measures current system performance and is an ongoing operational activity, not a pre-implementation security task for establishing a new link.

A design review is the appropriate pre-implementation activity that allows IT security staff to evaluate the proposed network architecture, identify security gaps, assess data classification requirements for the real-time and batched flows, and ensure controls like encryption, access control, and monitoring are properly specified before the link is built, reducing costly redesign after deployment.

A code review applies to software development artifacts and is not relevant to the establishment of a private network link between organizations.

SLA reporting measures performance against agreed service levels and is a post-implementation operational activity, not a pre-implementation security task.