COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY
TYPES OF THREATS AND ATTACKS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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A good guy who tries to help a company see their vulnerabilities.
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An attacker with lots of resources and money at their disposal.
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An unintentional threat actor. This is the most common threat.
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An agent who uses their technical knowledge to bypass security.
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Detailed explanation-1: -These types of actors are malicious and intend to cause harm and pose a security risk to the organization. Unintentional threat actors are common, and it is important for organizations to have measures in place to detect and prevent these types of incidents.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following BEST describes an inside attacker? An unintentional threat actor (the most common threat).
Detailed explanation-3: -A threat actor is any inside or external attacker that could affect data security. Anyone can be a threat actor from direct data theft, phishing, compromising a system by vulnerability exploitation, or creating malware. Security infrastructure detects, contains, and eradicates threat actors and their various attacks.
Detailed explanation-4: -Threat is very similar to adversary, but a threat is the specific source of harm, for example a known hacker, a specific employee, whereas the adversary is the collection or group of threat, for example a hacker collective or nation state.