Information Security: Principles and Practices 2nd Edition by Jim Breithaupt, Mark S. Merkow

Exercise 5

Which operations security control prevents unauthorized intruders from internally or externally accessing the system and lowers the amount and impact of unintentional errors that are entering the system?

A. detective controls

B. preventative controls

C. corrective controls

D. directive controls

Step 1 of 2

Use of preventive controls

Preventive controls reduce the impact and frequency of various errors and also prevent intruders from gaining unauthorized access to systems.

Thus, the correct option is.