Which of the following is a control over component
communication failure/errors?
A. Restricting operator access and maintaining audit trails
B. Monitoring and reviewing system engineering activity
C. Providing network redundancy
D. Establishing physical barriers to the data transmitted
over the network
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Answer: C
Redundancy, by building some form of duplication into the
network components, such as a link, a router, a switch to
prevent loss, delays, or data duplication is a control over
component communication failure or error. Other related
controls are loop/echo checks to detect line errors, parity
checks, error correction codes and sequence checks. Choices
A, B and D are communication network controls.
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