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A business-critical internal reporting portal is exposed to all employees. A scan finds a high-severity vulnerability, but the vendor says a fix will not be available for 30 days. The application is only used by finance once a month, and the business can tolerate a brief outage if needed. Which risk treatment is the BEST immediate action?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Good practice is not just finding the correct option. The wrong answers often show the exact trap the exam wants you to fall into.
A
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Accept the risk because the application is used infrequently and the impact is limited.
Risk acceptance is possible, but it is not the best immediate action when a known high-severity flaw is exposed to a broad user population. The organization still has time to reduce exposure before the patch arrives.
B
Best answer
Apply compensating controls, such as restricting access and adding a temporary control, until the vendor patch is available.
This is the best choice because it reduces the likelihood of exploitation while the patch is unavailable. Restricting access to only the users who truly need the system, adding temporary network or application-layer controls, and documenting the residual risk are practical mitigation steps. The scenario shows the business can tolerate a short interruption, so a short-term reduction in exposure is more appropriate than doing nothing or permanently shutting the system down.
C
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Transfer the risk by purchasing cyber insurance for the application.
Insurance can help with financial loss, but it does not reduce the chance that the vulnerability will be exploited in the next 30 days.
D
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Avoid the risk by permanently decommissioning the reporting portal.
Avoidance would eliminate the risk, but it is unnecessarily disruptive for a portal that is still needed for finance operations and does not match the stated business need.
Common exam trap
Common exam trap: NAT rules depend on direction and matching traffic
NAT is not only about the public address. The inside/outside interface roles and the ACL or rule that matches traffic are just as important.
Technical deep dive
How to think about this question
NAT questions usually test address translation, overload/PAT behaviour, static mappings and whether the right traffic is being translated. Read the interface direction and address terms carefully.
KKey Concepts to Remember
- Static NAT maps one inside address to one outside address.
- PAT allows many inside hosts to share one public address using ports.
- Inside local and inside global describe the private and translated addresses.
- NAT ACLs identify traffic for translation, not always security filtering.
TExam Day Tips
- Identify inside and outside interfaces first.
- Check whether the scenario needs static NAT, dynamic NAT or PAT.
- Do not confuse NAT matching ACLs with normal packet-filtering intent.
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FAQ
Questions learners often ask
What does this SY0-701 question test?
Static NAT maps one inside address to one outside address.
What is the correct answer to this question?
The correct answer is: Apply compensating controls, such as restricting access and adding a temporary control, until the vendor patch is available. — Compensating controls are the strongest immediate response when a known vulnerability cannot be patched right away. In this case, the organization has a short window before the vendor delivers a fix, and the portal is used infrequently enough that access can be limited without major business impact. Restricting users, adding temporary controls, and documenting the residual exposure reduce the chance of exploitation while preserving business continuity. Why others are wrong: Accepting the risk leaves the exposed system unprotected when practical controls are available. Transferring the risk through insurance may help financially but does not reduce the technical exposure. Avoiding the risk by decommissioning the portal would remove the issue, but it is excessive because the system still has a valid business purpose and a shorter-term mitigation exists.
What should I do if I get this SY0-701 question wrong?
Then try more questions from the same exam bank and focus on understanding why the wrong options are tempting.
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