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John wants to harden his organization’s routers. If there are no currently known vulnerabilities or issues with the device, which of the following hardening options will provide the biggest benefit?

Answer Options

A

Moving their administrative interfaces to a protected VLAN

B

Disabling unnecessary services

C

Installing the most current patch level for the OS

D

Enabling SNMP-based logging

Correct Answer: A

Explanation

While all of these are best practices, moving the device’s administrative interface to a protected VLAN will provide the most significant improvement in security since there are no known issues or vulnerabilities at the moment. If there were, patching or disabling services would quickly move up the list.