Which of the following should the security analyst perform?

A security analyst is investigating a series of suspicious emails by employees to the security team. The email appear to come from a current business partner and do not contain images or URLs. No images or URLs were stripped from the message by the security tools the company uses instead, the emails only include the following in plain text.

Which of the following should the security analyst perform?
A . Contact the security department at the business partner and alert them to the email event.
B. Block the IP address for the business partner at the perimeter firewall.
C. Pull the devices of the affected employees from the network in case they are infected with a zero-day virus.
D. Configure the email gateway to automatically quarantine all messages originating from the business partner.

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Answer: A