Which of the following is a security concern with deploying COTS products within the network?

Which of the following is a security concern with deploying COTS products within the network?
A . It is difficult to verify the security of COTS code because the source is available to the customer and it takes significant man hours to sort through it.
B . COTS software often provides the source code as part of the licensing agreement and it becomes the company’s responsibility to verify the security.
C . It is difficult to verify the security of COTS code because the source is not available to the customer in many cases.
D . COTS source code is readily available to the customer in many cases which opens the customer’s network to both internal and external attacks.

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Answer: C