Question

A remote employee is working from a coffee shop's public Wi-Fi and needs to securely access internal company file servers. The security team is concerned that traffic could be intercepted on the shared wireless network. Which solution best protects the confidentiality of the employee's connection to the corporate network?

Accepted Answer

Configure a remote-access VPN that establishes an encrypted tunnel from the laptop to the corporate network

Answer

Place the internal file servers in a DMZ so remote users can reach them directly

Answer

Deploy an intrusion detection system (IDS) on the corporate network perimeter

Answer

Assign the employee's laptop a static private IPv4 address