A large technology company has discovered a known vulnerability in its network infrastructure.

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Product: Cybersecurity-Architecture-and-Engineering
Update on: Jul 21, 2025
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WGU Cybersecurity-Architecture-and-Engineering Question Answer

A large technology company has discovered a known vulnerability in its network infrastructure. The infrastructure contains a number of retired assets that are no longer receiving security updates, which can potentially be exploited by attackers to compromise the network. The company has decided to implement hardening techniques and endpoint security controls to mitigate the risk.

Which hardening technique will meet the needs of this company?

Enforcing strict access control policies for all network devices

Conducting regular vulnerability scans to identify potential weaknesses

Implementing intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPS)

Removing all end-of-life devices from the network