Which of the following preventive controls are necessary to provide adequate security for social engineering threats?
A) controlling remote access
B) encryption
C) host and application hardening
D) awareness training

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Social engineering threats primarily rely on human interaction, manipulation, and persuasion. Hence, awareness training is an essential preventive control to educate employees about the various social engineering tactics used by attackers and how to avoid falling victim to them. While controlling remote access, encryption, and host and application hardening are also important preventive controls, they are more focused on technical security measures to protect against other types of threats.

Which of the Following Preventive Controls Are Necessary to Provide