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A hospital's claims portal has two open risks. Risk A is an internet-facing login page with a low-severity software flaw, but monitoring shows a steady increase in automated login attempts. Risk B is an internal file share with a medium-severity patch gap, but only a small admin group can access it and no exploitation is observed. Leadership can fund only one remediation this month. Which risk should be prioritized first?
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
Best answer
Prioritize Risk A because it is exposed to the internet and already shows active attack interest.
Risk A has the higher overall business risk because exposure and observed attack activity raise the likelihood of exploitation. Even if the flaw is rated low severity, an internet-facing system is more likely to be targeted quickly and broadly. Prioritization should consider both impact and likelihood, not severity alone. Addressing the public login page first reduces the chance of a successful compromise across a high-value service.
B
Distractor review
Prioritize Risk B because a medium-severity flaw is always more important than a low-severity flaw.
Severity alone does not determine priority. A medium-severity issue on a restricted internal share may present less immediate risk than an externally exposed system with active attack attempts. Risk decisions should weigh exposure, likelihood, and business impact together. This choice ignores those factors and overvalues the label on the vulnerability.
C
Distractor review
Accept Risk A because no confirmed compromise has occurred yet.
Risk acceptance is appropriate only when leadership knowingly tolerates the remaining exposure after considering likelihood, impact, and cost. Here, active probing on an internet-facing application suggests the risk is not yet under control. Accepting it without remediation would be weak risk management and could leave a critical service exposed to attack.
D
Distractor review
Transfer Risk A to an insurer because public-facing exposure cannot be reduced.
Insurance may help with financial loss, but it does not reduce the chance of compromise or protect the service itself. The issue needs operational remediation first, such as patching, hardening, or other mitigation. Transfer is not a substitute for handling a likely attack path on a public system.
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: Prioritize Risk A because it is exposed to the internet and already shows active attack interest. — Prioritizing Risk A is the best business decision because it combines internet exposure with evidence of active attacker interest. In risk management, likelihood matters as much as impact. A low-severity flaw can still become a high-priority issue when it is public-facing and being probed continuously. The goal is to reduce the most probable and consequential risk first, not simply the one with the largest label attached to it. Why others are wrong: Risk B is less urgent because it is internal, limited to a small admin population, and shows no signs of exploitation. Accepting Risk A would ignore current attack activity and the exposure of a critical service. Transferring the risk to insurance does not remove the vulnerability or reduce the chance of compromise, so it is not an effective first response.
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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