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Confidential emails from an organization were posted to a website without the organization's knowledge. Upon investigation, it was determined that the emails were obtained from an internal actor who s

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Submitted by skyler.x· Mar 4, 2026General security concepts

Question

Confidential emails from an organization were posted to a website without the organization's knowledge. Upon investigation, it was determined that the emails were obtained from an internal actor who sniffed the emails in plain text. Which of the following protocols, if properly implemented, would have MOST likely prevented the emails from being sniffed? (Select TWO)

Options

  • ASecure IMAP
  • BDNSSEC
  • CS/MIME
  • DSMTPS
  • EHTTPS

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#S/MIME#SMTPS#email security#encryption protocols
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