Exam CAS-003 topic 1 question 121 discussion

Actual exam question from CompTIA's CAS-003

Question #: 121
Topic #: 1

An organization is considering the use of a thin client architecture as it moves to a cloud-hosted environment. A security analyst is asked to provide thoughts on the security advantages of using thin clients and virtual workstations.
Which of the following are security advantages of the use of this combination of thin clients and virtual workstations?

A. Malicious insiders will not have the opportunity to tamper with data at rest and affect the integrity of the system.
B. Thin client workstations require much less security because they lack storage and peripherals that can be easily compromised, and the virtual workstations are protected in the cloud where security is outsourced.
C. All thin clients use TPM for core protection, and virtual workstations use vTPM for core protection with both equally ensuring a greater security advantage for a cloud-hosted environment.
D. Malicious users will have reduced opportunities for data extractions from their physical thin client workstations, this reducing the effectiveness of local attacks.

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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

by D1960 at Feb. 23, 2021, 7:36 p.m.

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d10shivan

4 years, 1 month ago

Answer B appears to address both the physical thin client's AND the virtual workstation's individual benefits (questions asks for plural advantages)... also, answer D assumes to much about data extraction, which could be performed by a user via a private, third party cloud based storage.

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D1960

4 years, 4 months ago

Answer B seems to be true, but answer D also seems to be true. D. Malicious users will have reduced opportunities for data extractions from their physical thin client workstations, this reducing the effectiveness of local attacks.

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