A company is experiencing compliance issues due to inconsistent application of security settings across its servers. To address this, management has decided to implement secure baselines for all server configurations. What is the MOST effective action to ensure all servers adhere to the established secure baseline?
Provide training for IT staff on the importance of secure server configurations.
Conduct manual reviews of server configurations on a quarterly basis.
Deploy configuration management tools to ensure secure settings.
Establish regularly scheduled security updates for all servers.
Deploying configuration management tools allows the company to automate the enforcement of secure baselines across all servers. This ensures that the secure settings are applied consistently, and any deviations are automatically corrected. Manual review, while important, is not as effective or efficient for ensuring consistency across a large number of servers. Providing training to IT staff is useful for awareness but does not guarantee consistent application or enforcement of the secure baselines. Regularly scheduled security updates are critical for maintaining server security but do not ensure that all security settings align with the secure baseline.
Ask Bash
Bash is our AI bot, trained to help you pass your exam. AI Generated Content may display inaccurate information, always double-check anything important.
What are configuration management tools and how do they work?
Open an interactive chat with Bash
What is a secure baseline in the context of server configurations?
Open an interactive chat with Bash
Why are manual reviews of server configurations less effective than automated tools?