A global enterprise discovers that terminated employees in acquired subsidiaries retain active VPN credentials an average of 45 days post-termination. HR blames IT for slow deprovisioning; IT blames HR for delayed termination notifications. What should you address FIRST? A. Implement automated identity lifecycle management to eliminate manual delays B. Establish a unified offboarding SLA with defined handoff triggers between HR and IT C. Deploy continuous access certification reviews to catch orphaned accounts D. Require subsidiary IT teams to run weekly active directory reconciliation reports Come back for the answer tomorrow, or study more now!

An organization recently discovered that a former employee's access credentials were used to exfiltrate sensitive customer data two weeks after their termination. Which of the following controls would have been MOST effective in preventing this incident? A) Implementing multi-factor authentication for all users B) Conducting regular access reviews and timely account deprovisioning C) Deploying a data loss prevention (DLP) solution D) Encrypting all sensitive data at rest Come back for the answer tomorrow, or study more now!

A company migrates critical workloads to a hybrid cloud. Network engineers propose extending internal VLANs into the cloud for simplicity. Security is concerned about lateral movement and unclear trust boundaries, while leadership wants minimal redesign. What is the MOST appropriate network architecture decision to make FIRST? (Come back for the answer & explanation tomorrow, or study more now!)