A recent pen-test results in a cybersecurity analyst report, including information on process-level remediation, patch management, and secrets management solutions. Which control category is represented by this example?
- technical
- administrative
- operational
- physical
Explanation & Hint: During a penetration testing engagement, the cybersecurity analyst should analyze the findings and recommend the appropriate remediation within the report, including technical, administrative, operational, and physical controls. Technical controls make use of technology to reduce vulnerabilities. Technical controls include system hardening, user input sanitization and query parameterization, multifactor authentication, process-level remediation, patch management, key rotation, certificate management, secrets management solution, and network segmentation. |