The corporate security team has a policy that requires all Windows file systems to be NTFS instead of FAT32. Why would this be important?
A) NTFS has a built-in security mode that allows administrative access for the security team.
B) FAT32 has known security vulnerabilities.
C) NTFS can automatically identify and alert on security breaches.
D) NTFS provides additional permission settings, file system encryption option, and other security enhancements.
Answer: D) NTFS provides additional permission settings, file system encryption option, and other security enhancements.
Microsoft’s latest generation file system is NTFS. NTFS includes many enhancements, but some of the most noticeable are related to system security. NTFS includes a number of additional permission settings and data can be encrypted as part of the integrated NTFS file system. FAT32 is an extremely capable file system, but these additional security features are beyond the scope of the FAT32 architecture.
The incorrect answers:
A) NTFS has a built-in security mode that allows administrative access for the security team.
NTFS allows for additional security settings, but there’s no secret built-in access to NTFS for anyone. NTFS is very secure, and there are no back-door permissions into the file system.
B) FAT32 has known security vulnerabilities
FAT32 does not have any known security vulnerabilities, and FAT32 wasn’t designed to be a secure file system. If data on a FAT32 volume is designed to be secure, then third-party applications are required to encrypt the data.
C) NTFS can automatically identify and alert on security breaches.
NTFS is very capable, but it’s “just” a file system. If security breaches occur, it’s up to the monitoring software of the operating system to recognize the problem and provide the necessary alerting.
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