SY0-301 · Question #71
Mike, a network administrator, has been asked to passively monitor network traffic to the company's sales websites. Which of the following would be BEST suited for this task?
The correct answer is C. NIPS. A Network Intrusion Prevention System (NIPS) operates at the network level and is best suited for monitoring traffic across the network to web servers. Among the choices, it is the only solution that inspects network traffic at a network-wide scope. HIDS (A) monitors a single…
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Mike, a network administrator, has been asked to passively monitor network traffic to the company's sales websites. Which of the following would be BEST suited for this task?
Options
- AHIDS
- BFirewall
- CNIPS
- DSpam filter
How the community answered
(58 responses)- A2% (1)
- B2% (1)
- C91% (53)
- D5% (3)
Explanation
A Network Intrusion Prevention System (NIPS) operates at the network level and is best suited for monitoring traffic across the network to web servers. Among the choices, it is the only solution that inspects network traffic at a network-wide scope. HIDS (A) monitors a single host, a Firewall (B) filters traffic but does not perform deep passive monitoring, and a Spam filter (D) only handles email. Even though NIPS is technically capable of active prevention, it is the most appropriate network-level monitoring tool available in this option set.
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