Which of the following should the Information Technolog…

The risk manager is reviewing a report which identifies a requirement to keep a business critical legacy system operational for the next two years. The legacy

system is out of support because the vendor and security patches are no longer released. Additionally, this is a proprietary embedded system and little is
documented and known about it. Which of the following should the Information Technology department implement to reduce the security risk from a compromise of
this system?

The risk manager is reviewing a report which identifies a requirement to keep a business critical legacy system operational for the next two years. The legacy

system is out of support because the vendor and security patches are no longer released. Additionally, this is a proprietary embedded system and little is
documented and known about it. Which of the following should the Information Technology department implement to reduce the security risk from a compromise of
this system?

A.
Virtualize the system and migrate it to a cloud provider.

B.
Segment the device on its own secure network.

C.
Install an antivirus and HIDS on the system.

D.
Hire developers to reduce vulnerabilities in the code.



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