Recent data loss on financial servers due to security breaches forced the system administrator to

harden their systems. Which of the following algorithms with transport encryption would be
implemented to provide the MOST secure web connections to manage and access these servers?

A.
SSL

B.
TLS

C.
HTTP

D.
FTP

Explanation:
Transport Layer Security (TLS) and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), are
cryptographic protocols designed to provide communications security over a computer network.
Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a security protocol that expands upon SSL. Many industry
analysts predict that TLS will replace SSL in the future. TLS 1.0 was first defined in RFC 2246 in
January 1999 as an upgrade of SSL Version 3.0. As of February 2015, the latest versions of all
major web browsers support TLS 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2, have them enabled by default.