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Which of the following techniques are used after a security breach and are intended to limit the
extent of any damage caused by the incident?
Corrective controls are used after a security breach. After security has been breached, corrective
controls are intended to limit the extent of
any damage caused by the incident, e.g. by recovering the organization to normal working status as
efficiently as possible.
Answer option D is incorrect. Before the event, preventive controls are intended to prevent an
incident from occurring, e.g. by locking out
unauthorized intruders.
Answer option C is incorrect. During the event, detective controls are intended to identify and
characterize an incident in progress, e.g. by
sounding the intruder alarm and alerting the security guards or the police.
Answer option B is incorrect. Safeguards are those controls that provide some amount of protection
to an asset.