An Information Systems Security Officer $($ISSO$)$ received a report about secure shell $($SSH$)$ access to a network device and quickly reported it up the chain of command.

SSH is normally prohibited since a central networking management application manages the network devices. However, the next day, the operations manager addressed the case as a false$-$positive and confirmed the network team's tasks with an official end date.

Why did the operations manager conclude that the security event was false$-$positive?

The network team did not have an approved exemption.

The network team has a temporary exemption.

The network devices are exempt from security scans.

The network team has an indefinite exemption.