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Which of the following BEST describes the offensive participants in a tabletop exercise? A. Red team B. Blue team C. System administrators D. Security analysts E. Operations team After analyzing and correlating activity from multiple sensors, the security analyst has determined a group from a high-risk country is responsible for a sophisticated breach of the company network and continuous administration of targeted attacks for the past three months. Until now, the attacks went unnoticed. T...

Authentication - The process of identifying a user's identity, making sure that they can have access to the system and/or files. This can be accomplished either by a password, retina scan, or fingerprint scan, sometimes even a combination of the above. Botnet - A network of computers that have been infected with a virus, and now are working continuously in order to create security breaches. DDoS - Using multiple hosts and users, hackers bombard a website with a tidal wave of requests t...

__________________ is defined as using and manipulating human behavior to obtain a required result. It typically involves NON-TECHNICAL methods of attempting to gain unauthorized access to a system or network. Correct answer- Social engineering Through social engineering, an attacker might easily lead a user to reveal her account password or to provide personal information that might reveal her password, a technique known as ____________________. Correct answer- eliciting information _...