For which of the following reasons is the engineer concerned?

A systems security engineer is assisting an organization’s market survey team in reviewing requirements for an upcoming acquisition of mobile devices. The engineer expresses concerns to the survey team about a particular class of devices that uses a separate SoC for baseband radio I/O.

For which of the following reasons is the engineer concerned?
A . These devices can communicate over networks older than HSPA+ and LTE standards, exposing device communications to poor encryptions routines
B . The organization will be unable to restrict the use of NFC, electromagnetic induction, and Bluetooth technologies
C . The associated firmware is more likely to remain out of date and potentially vulnerable
D . The manufacturers of the baseband radios are unable to enforce mandatory access controls within their driver set

Answer: B