Oh, security. I thought you said spaghetti.



Which of these would not be considered a best practice for workstation security?

A) Always use autorun with removable disks

B) Add a password to your screensaver

C) Disable interactive logins on system accounts

D) Use a mix of upper and lower case characters in your password

E) Don’t use too much garlic


The answer: A) Always use autorun with removable disks

Autorun is designed to start programs automatically, but it can also be used to launch malicious software. A best practice would be to disable any programs from automatically launching.

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