Question

While conducting online research about a company to prepare for an upcoming penetration test, a security analyst discovers detailed financial information on an investor website the company did not make public. The analyst shares this information with the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), who confirms the information is accurate, as it was recently discussed at a board of directors meeting. Many of the details are verbatim discussion comments captured by the board secretary for purposes of transcription on a mobile device.

Which of the following would MOST likely prevent a similar breach in the future?

A. Remote wipe
B. FDE
C. Geolocation
D. eFuse
E. VPN

Answer 1

Remote wipe is the most likely solution to prevent a future breach in similar cases.

Step-by-step explanation:

The most likely option to prevent a similar breach in the future is Remote wipe. Remote wipe allows the company to erase all data from a mobile device remotely in case of loss or theft. In this case, if the board secretary's mobile device had remote wipe enabled, the sensitive financial information would not have been available to the attacker. Other options such as FDE (Full Disk Encryption) and VPN (Virtual Private Network) can also provide additional layers of security, but they may not directly address the breach that occurred.