Question 130
A guest SSID is connected to a network that allows lateral traffic into staff database servers. Which immediate engineering change most directly addresses this issue?
Explanation
Correct Answer
The underlying issue is that the guest role's effective firewall policy permits unintended east-west and internal traffic. This intervention addresses that cause directly. A useful result to confirm is: guests can access permitted internet destinations while protected networks remain unreachable.
Incorrect Answers
This is suited to a different condition, such as when a facilities vendor uses a shared switch administrator account, and investigators cannot attribute a recent unauthorized configuration change. The reported fault instead arises because the guest role's effective firewall policy permits unintended east-west and internal traffic.
This is suited to a different condition, such as when an employee access switch accepts default administrative passwords from a factory deployment image. The reported fault instead arises because the guest role's effective firewall policy permits unintended east-west and internal traffic.
This is suited to a different condition, such as when a switch administrator attempts to apply a full-access policy to every authenticated wired client to simplify ticket handling. The reported fault instead arises because the guest role's effective firewall policy permits unintended east-west and internal traffic.