CompTIA Network+ (N10-009) — Question 397

A company’s Chief Information Security Officer requires that servers and firewalls have accurate time stamps when creating log files so that security analysts can correlate events during incident investigations. Which of the following should be implemented?

Answer options

• A. Syslog server
• B. SMTP
• C. NTP
• D. SNMP

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is C, NTP (Network Time Protocol), which ensures that all devices in a network synchronize their clocks, providing accurate time stamps. Options A (Syslog server) and D (SNMP) are related to logging and network management but do not provide time synchronization. Option B (SMTP) is used for email transmission and is not relevant to time stamping in logs.