Don Benjamin, CFA, is the compliance officer for a large brokerage firm. He wants to prevent the communication of material nonpublic information and other sensitive information from his firm's investment banking and corporate finance departments to its sales and research departments. The most common and widespread approach that Benjamin can use to prevent insider trading by employees is the( )。
To comply with Standard Ⅱ(A), a fire wall provides an information barrier that prevents communication of material nonpublic information and other sensitive information from one department to another within a firm.