SY0-501 · Question #28
Which of the following BEST describes an important security advantage yielded by implementing vendor diversity?
The correct answer is C. Resiliency. Vendor diversity is a strategy of using multiple vendors for critical systems to avoid single points of failure and reduce the impact of vendor-specific vulnerabilities or outages.
Question
Which of the following BEST describes an important security advantage yielded by implementing vendor diversity?
Options
- ASustainability
- BHomogeneity
- CResiliency
- DConfigurability
How the community answered
(32 responses)- A16% (5)
- B9% (3)
- C72% (23)
- D3% (1)
Why each option
Vendor diversity is a strategy of using multiple vendors for critical systems to avoid single points of failure and reduce the impact of vendor-specific vulnerabilities or outages.
Sustainability refers to long-term environmental or operational continuity practices and is not a direct security advantage of using multiple vendors.
Homogeneity is actually the opposite of vendor diversity - it describes a uniform, single-vendor environment, which increases risk by creating a single point of failure or a common vulnerability across all systems.
Resiliency is the primary security advantage of vendor diversity because using multiple vendors ensures that a vulnerability, exploit, or outage affecting one vendor's products does not simultaneously compromise all systems. If one vendor's solution fails or is compromised, systems from other vendors continue to operate, maintaining availability and reducing overall risk exposure.
Configurability refers to the ability to customize or adjust a system's settings and is not a security benefit specifically associated with implementing vendor diversity.
Concept tested: Vendor diversity as a resiliency and risk mitigation strategy
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/well-architected/reliability/redundancy
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