Verified-Internet and Embedded Appliances

A company wants to filter employee web browsing and cache frequently accessed content. Which network appliance should be deployed?

• Load balancer

• Proxy server

• Spam gateway

• Network attached storage

Which security functions are typically provided by a Unified Threat Management (UTM) appliance? (Choose all that apply)

• Firewall with access control lists

• Intrusion detection and prevention

• Antivirus/antimalware scanning

• Load balancing for web servers

A web application experiences high traffic and needs to distribute client requests across multiple servers. What network appliance provides this functionality?

• Proxy server

• Spam gateway

• Load balancer

• Intrusion prevention system

True or False: Legacy systems that are end-of-life should be isolated from the rest of the network due to security vulnerability risks.

• True

• False

A SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system is primarily used for what purpose?

• Managing office email systems

• Controlling large-scale industrial processes

• Providing wireless internet access

• Storing backup data files

What security consideration is most important when deploying IoT devices on a network?

• IoT devices cannot be configured

• IoT devices run vulnerable operating systems

• IoT devices only use wired connections

• IoT devices don't require IP addresses