Company A wants to be first to market with a product forecasted to be very profitable. A few bad actors in Company A launch an attack against Company B to steal intellectual property that will help them. What type of threat actor would do something like this?

A broker launches a variety of attacks to find a weakness that will lead to financial gain. What activity is the broker most likely to engage in?

Evin thinks one of the computer systems where he works may have been compromised. He does not currently have a good way of determining if an unauthorized user logged in successfully. Which of the following can Evin implement that will, going forward, help him identify who logs in?

An attacker is the first malicious actor to discover a vulnerability in a software application and exploits it for considerable financial gain. What could have been done to prevent this situation?

Which of the following best describes what Della could do to prevent unauthorized parties from viewing sensitive customer information at her retail store?

What are some of the challenges an organization may face when trying to be in regulatory compliance as it relates to information security?

You have excellent technical acumen. Part of your responsibilities where you work include overlooking daily operations as well as analyzing and designing security solutions in a specific area. You encounter a situation that needs to be escalated. Which of the following are you most likely to approach with the situation?

A friend gets a virus and asks if you can help them fix the problem. You boot the computer with a bootable flash drive containing security-related tools and remove the virus. What type of control did you employ?

A work-study student works at the registrar’s office and is given limited access to a student database. The student is very technologically savvy and figures out a way of gaining additional privileges. The student is not pleased with one of their grades and changes it. Which of the following best describes the type of scenario this activity characterizes?

What would motivate organized crime actors to add cyberattacks to their portfolio of malicious activities?