A manager wants to distribute a report to several other managers within the company. Some of them reside in remote locations that are not connected to the domain but have a local server. Because…

S/MIME (Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) is an email encryption and signing protocol, and since the scenario explicitly excludes email as an option due to attachment size limits, S/MIME is not applicable here.

SSH (Secure Shell) provides encrypted file transfer capabilities via SCP (Secure Copy Protocol) or SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol), allowing secure distribution of large files to remote servers without requiring domain membership, using strong encryption and authentication.

SNMPv3 (Simple Network Management Protocol version 3) is used for secure network device monitoring and management, not for transferring or distributing files or reports.

FTPS (FTP Secure) extends FTP with TLS/SSL encryption, enabling secure transfer of large files to remote local servers without email size restrictions, making it ideal for distributing sensitive reports to locations not connected to the domain.

SRTP (Secure Real-time Transport Protocol) is designed for encrypting audio and video streaming communications, not for file distribution or report transfer.

HTTPS provides encrypted web-based file transfer using TLS, allowing managers to securely download or upload large reports through a web server interface without domain connectivity requirements, protecting data confidentiality and integrity in transit.

LDAPS (LDAP Secure) is used for securely querying and authenticating against directory services like Active Directory, not for transferring or distributing files to remote users.