Exactprep SY0-701 Questions

Detailed Explanation:Avoidance involves choosing not to engage in activities or markets where certain risks are present. This is a proactive approach to risk management. Reference: CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 Study Guide, Domain 5: Security Program Management, Section: "Risk Management Strategies"​​.

Aprocedureprovides step-by-step instructions on how to complete a specific security task, ensuring consistency and accuracy. Unlike policies, which define high-level security expectations,procedures are detailed and operational. For example, apassword reset procedurewould outline the exact steps IT support must follow when assisting users.

Policy: Defines security objectives and rules (e.g., "All passwords must be complex").

Standard: Specifies required technologies or configurations.

Guideline: Provides recommendations but is not mandatory.

Procedure: Gives exact instructions to perform tasks.

A Host-based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) protects individual devices by monitoring and preventing malicious activity directly on the host. It is ideal for protecting traveling employees’ devices outside the corporate network.

Isolation (A) and segmentation (B) apply to networks, and ACL (Access Control List) (C) restricts network traffic but does not provide host-level protection.

HIPS is emphasized in Security Operations for endpoint protection【6:Chapter 11†CompTIA Security+ Study Guide】.