From a security perspective, why is it important to employ a clock synchronization protocol on a network?
A. so that everyone knows the local time
B. to ensure employees adhere to work schedule
C. to construct an accurate timeline of events when responding to an incident
D. to guarantee that updates are pushed out according to schedule
The Importance of Time Synchronization for Your Network
In modern computer networks time synchronization is critical because every aspect of managing, securing, planning, and debugging a network involves determining when events happen. Time also provides the only frame of reference between all devices on the network. Without synchronized time, accurately correlating log files between these devices is difficult, even impossible. Following are just a few specific reasons:
Tracking security breaches, network usage, or problems affecting a large number of components can be nearly impossible if timestamps in logs are inaccurate. Time is often the critical factor that allows an event on one network node to be mapped to a corresponding event on another.
To reduce confusion in shared filesystems, it is important for the modification times to be consistent, regardless of what machine the filesystems are on.
Correct answer is C
Correct Answer = C
Yup C:
Network Time Protocol ( Excerpt taken from Network security monitoring )
Having accurate timestamps across the different data sources is very important during incident investigation. It is required so that security analysts can correlate events and correctly identify the exact timing and sequence of events
I think the answer is D
Nope its C
Wrong D is totally WRONG
Correct Answer = C