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Mitigating controls are designed to reduce the impact or severity of an event that has occurred or is likely to occur. They do not prevent or detect the event, but rather limit the damage or consequences of it. For example, a backup system is a mitigating control that can help restore data after a loss or corruption.

In this case, the company is focused on reducing risks from removable media threats, which are threats that can compromise data security, introduce malware infections, or cause media failure123. Removable media threats can be used to bypass network defenses and target industrial/OT environments2. The company cannot prohibit removable media entirely because of certain primary applications that require them, so it implements mitigating controls to lessen the potential harm from these threats.

Some examples of mitigating controls for removable media threats are:

• Encrypting data on removable media
• Scanning removable media for malware before use
• Restricting access to removable media ports
• Implementing policies and procedures for removable media usage and disposal
• Educating users on the risks and best practices of removable media

A file integrity monitor is a tool that checks the permissions, hashes, and other attributes of files to detect unauthorized changes. The error message indicates that the tool tried to access the /etc/shadow file, which contains the encrypted passwords of the users, but was denied due to insufficient permissions. This file is usually protected by the root user and the shadow group, and only tools with the suid bit set or running as root can access it12. A pass-the-hash monitor, a forensic analysis tool, and a password cracker would not generate this error message, as they have different purposes and methods.