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Which option is the most effective at providing assurance for the integrity of a server's operating system (OS)?
Implementing activity logging
Hardening the server configuration
Protecting the server in a secure location
Setting a boot password
Hardening a system means to configure it in the most secure manner (install latest security patches, properly define the access authorization for users and administrators, disable insecure options and uninstall unused services) to prevent non-privileged users from gaining the right to execute privileged instructions and thus take control of the entire machine, jeopardizing the integrity of the OS. Protecting the server in a secure location and setting a boot password are good practices, but do not ensure that a user will not try to exploit logical vulnerabilities and compromise the OS. Activity logging has two weaknesses in this scenario: it is a detective control (not a preventive one), and the attacker who already gained privileged access can modify logs or disable them.
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