The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a major defense contracting company a traveling overseas for a conference. The CEO will be taking a laptop.
Which of the following should the security administrator implement to ensure confidentiality of the data if the laptop were to be stolen or lost during the trip?
A. Remote wipe
B. Full device encryption
C. BIOS password
D. GPS tracking
The key word in this is “confidentiality.” If they had mentioned trying to avoid data loss then the answer would be Remote Wipe, seeing as they did not, the answer is B.
I’m sorry why is it B? Remote wipe would be much more secure. Even a full device encryption can eventually be broken. Can’t steal what isn’t there; therefore, A