CompTIA CASP+ (CAS-003) — Question 376

A financial services company has proprietary trading algorithms, which were created and are maintained by a team of developers on their private source code repository. If the details of this operation became known to competitors, the company's ability to profit from its trading would disappear immediately. Which of the following would the company MOST likely use to protect its trading algorithms?

Answer options

• A. Single-tenancy cloud
• B. Managed security service providers
• C. Virtual desktop infrastructure
• D. Cloud security broker

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B, as managed security service providers offer specialized services to protect sensitive information, such as proprietary algorithms, from breaches. Options A, C, and D may provide some security features, but they do not focus specifically on protecting proprietary trading algorithms from exposure to competitors.