Question 750
An access controller accepts a staff user from RADIUS but assigns the guest role because the expected role attribute is absent. Which ongoing operational safeguard best reduces the chance of recurrence?
Explanation
Correct Answer
This is a continuing control for the failure mode in which successful authentication alone does not guarantee the intended network authorization attributes. It complements the immediate fix instead of relying on a one-off correction.
Incorrect Answers
That control is useful for a different failure, such as when a network operator sends RADIUS CoA to update a client's role but the switch does not accept it from the configured AAA server. It would leave the present failure mode insufficiently addressed.
That control is useful for a different failure, such as when a switch shows an EAP failure but engineers alter the user's VLAN before confirming whether the supplicant completed authentication. It would leave the present failure mode insufficiently addressed.
That control is useful for a different failure, such as when a wired port with both a phone and workstation grants employee access to the phone's unauthenticated identity. It would leave the present failure mode insufficiently addressed.