CompTIA Security+ (SY0-501) — Question 730

A company is having issues with intellectual property being sent to a competitor from its system. The information being sent is not random but has an identifiable pattern. Which of the following should be implemented in the system to stop the content from being sent?

Answer options

• A. Encryption
• B. Hashing
• C. IPS
• D. DLP

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is DLP (Data Loss Prevention), which is specifically designed to identify and prevent sensitive data from being transmitted outside the organization. While encryption (A) protects data in transit, it does not prevent the data from being sent. Hashing (B) is used for data integrity rather than preventing transmission, and IPS (C) focuses on network intrusion prevention, not data exfiltration.