An external attacker has compromised an organization's network security perimeter and installed a sniffer onto an inside computer. Which of the following is the MOST effective layer of security the organization could have implemented to mitigate the attacker's ability to gain further information?

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Implementing logical network segmentation at the switches limits the attacker's ability to access other parts of the network, thereby containing the breach and reducing the potential for further information gathering.

An External Attacker Has Compromised an Organization's Network Security Perimeter