Environmental Controls Practice Question

When preparing for the Security+ exam, you'll come across this objective: "Explain the importance of environmental controls" including Shielding.  Here's a practice question
What is the purpose of a Faraday cage? (Choose all that apply.)


  A. To mitigate data emanation
  B. To detect attacks on host
  C. To detect network attacks
  D. To prevent interference

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Answer: A, D.
A Faraday cage is designed to mitigate data emanation and also prevents EMI/RFI from entering the enclosures. Network intrusion detection systems (NIDS) would be used to detect network attacks, and host-based intrusion detection systems (HIDS) would be used to detect attacks on a host.