CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor – Question1513

The technique used to ensure security in virtual private networks (VPNs) is:

A.
encapsulation.
B. wrapping.
C. transform.
D. encryption

Correct Answer: A

Explanation:

Explanation: Encapsulation, or tunneling, is a technique used to carry the traffic of one protocol over a network that does not support that protocol directly. The original packet is wrapped in another packet. The other choices are not security techniques specific to VPNs.