Joe analyzed the following log and determined the security team should implement which of the following as a mitigation method against further attempts? Host 192.168.1.123 [00:00:01]Successful…

Reporting the incident does not technically mitigate the ongoing brute-force attack or prevent future attempts from succeeding.

An IDS would detect and alert on the attack pattern but would not block or prevent the RDP brute-force attempts from continuing.

Monitoring system logs is already occurring as evidenced by the log excerpt, and passive monitoring alone does not stop the attack.

Hardening the systems by disabling or restricting RDP access, enforcing account lockout policies, and blocking the source IP would directly mitigate the observed brute-force attack pattern. System hardening addresses the root cause by reducing the exposed attack surface that the attacker is exploiting. This is more effective than passive measures because it actively prevents the attack vector from being usable.