B.3.1 Security+ SY0-601 Domain 1: Attacks, Threats, and Vulnerabilities

Question 1

Which of the following attacks tricks victims into providing confidential information (such as identity information or logon credentials) through emails or websites that impersonate an online entity that the victim trusts?

Answer 1

Phishing

Question 2

Users in your organization receive email messages informing them that suspicious activity has been detected on their bank accounts. They are directed to click a link in the email to verify their online banking username and password. The URL in the link is in the .ru top-level DNS domain.

What kind of attack occurred?

Answer 2

Phishing

Question 3

Which of the following is one of the MOST common attacks on employees?

Answer 3

Phishing

Question 4

As the security analyst for your organization, you have noticed an increase in emails that attempt to trick users into revealing confidential information. Which web threat solution should you implement to protect against these threats?

Answer 4

Anti-phishing software

Question 5

Which of the following BEST describes phishing?

Answer 5

A fraudulent email that claims to be from a trusted organization

Question 6

Which of the following social engineering attacks uses voice over IP (VoIP) to gain sensitive information?

Answer 6

Vishing

Question 7

Which of the following are functions of gateway email spam filters? (Select two.)

Answer 7

Blocks email from specific senders
Filters messages containing specific content

Question 8

If an SMTP server is not properly and securely configured, it can be hijacked and used maliciously as an SMTP relay agent. Which activity could result if this happens?

Answer 8

Spamming

Question 9

Which type of malicious activity can be described as numerous unwanted and unsolicited email messages sent to a wide range of victims?

Answer 9

Spamming

Question 10

An attacker sends an unwanted and unsolicited email message to multiple recipients with an attachment that contains malware.

Which kind of attack has occurred in this scenario?

Answer 10

Spam

Question 11

As the security analyst for your organization, you have noticed an increase in user computers being infected with malware. Which two solutions should you implement and configure to remedy this problem? (Select two.)

Answer 11

Virus scanner
Spam filters

Question 12

You are instant messaging a coworker, and you get a malicious link. Which type of social engineering attack is this?

Answer 12

Spim

Question 13

What is spim?

Answer 13

A malicious link sent to the target over instant messaging

Question 14

Which of the following is susceptible to social engineering exploits?

Answer 14

Instant messaging

Question 15

Which of the following is considered a major problem with instant messaging applications?

Answer 15

Loss of productivity

Question 16

You are the security analyst for your organization and have recently noticed a large amount of spim on the company mobile devices. Employees rely on the IM app to communicate with each other.

Which of the following countermeasures should you implement?

Answer 16

Use an IM blocker

Question 17

You are cleaning your desk at work. You toss several stacks of paper in the trash, including a sticky note with your password written on it. Which of the following types of non-technical password attacks have you enabled?

Answer 17

Dumpster diving

Question 18

Which of the following are examples of social engineering attacks? (Select three.)

Answer 18

Shoulder surfing
Impersonation
Keylogging

Question 19

Which of the following best describes shoulder surfing?

Answer 19

Someone nearby watching you enter your password on your computer and recording it

Question 20

Brandon is helping Fred with his computer. He needs Fred to enter his username and password into the system. Fred enters the username and password while Brandon is watching him. Brandon explains to Fred that it is not a good idea to allow anyone to watch you type in usernames or passwords.

Which type of social engineering attack is Fred referring to?

Answer 20

Shoulder surfing

Question 21

Compliments, misinformation, feigning ignorance, and being a good listener are tactics of which social engineering technique?

Answer 21

Elicitation

Question 22

An attack that targets senior executives and high-profile victims is referred to as what?

Answer 22

Whaling

Question 23

In which phase of an attack does the attacker gather information about the target?

Answer 23

Reconnaissance

Question 24

Which of the following is a common social engineering attack?

Answer 24

Distributing hoax virus-information emails

Question 25

Pretending to be somebody else and approaching a target to extract information is called what?

Answer 25

Impersonation

Question 26

Carl received a phone call from a woman who states that she is calling from his bank. She tells him that someone has tried to access his checking account, and she needs him to confirm his account number and password to discuss further details. He gives her his account number and password.

Which of the following types of non-technical password attack has occurred?

Answer 26

Social engineering

Question 27

What is social engineering?

Answer 27

It relies on human error. It works by feigning trustworthiness to convince someone to share information

Question 28

An organization’s receptionist received a phone call from an individual claiming to be a partner in a high-level project and requesting sensitive information. The individual is engaging in which type of social engineering?

Answer 28

Authority

Question 29

Social engineers are master manipulators. Which of the following are tactics they might use?

Answer 29

Moral obligation, ignorance, and threatening

Question 30

Any attack involving human interaction of some kind is referred to as what?

Answer 30

Social engineering

Question 31

A type of malware that prevents the system from being used until the victim pays the attacker money is known as what?

Answer 31

Ransomware

Question 32

Which of the following is a program that appears to be a legitimate application, utility, game, or screensaver, but performs malicious activities surreptitiously?

Answer 32

Trojan horse

Question 33

What is a Trojan Horse?

Answer 33

A program that appears to be a legitimate application, utility, game, or screensaver, but performs malicious activities surreptitiously.

Question 34

In 2001, a worm exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) to infect over 250,000 systems in under nine hours. What was this worm called?

Answer 34

Code Red

Question 35

Which kind of virus operates only in memory and usually exploits a trusted application like PowerShell to circumvent traditional endpoint security solutions?

Answer 35

Fileless virus

Question 36

A collection of zombie computers have been set up to collect personal information. Which type of malware do the zombie computers represent?

Answer 36

Botnet

Question 37

Which of the following describes a logic bomb?

Answer 37

A program that performs a malicious activity at a specific time or after a triggering event.

Question 38

Which of the following best describes spyware?

Answer 38

It monitors the actions you take on your machine and sends the information back to its originating source.

Question 39

Which kind of malware provides an attacker with administrative control over a target computer through a backdoor?

Answer 39

Remote Access Trojan (RAT)

Question 40

What is Remote Access Trojan (RAT)?

Answer 40

It provides a backdoor for an attacker to remotely control a computer with administrative control.

Question 41

Which of the following are characteristics of a rootkit? (Select two.)

Answer 41

Resides below regular antivirus software detection
Requires administrator-level privileges for installation

Question 42

While developing a network application, a programmer adds functionally that allows her to access the running program without authentication so she can capture debugging data. The programmer forgets to remove this functionality prior to finalizing the code and shipping the application.

Which type of security weakness does this describe?

Answer 42

Backdoor

Question 43

An attacker was able to gain unauthorized access to a mobile phone and install a Trojan horse so that he or she could bypass security controls and reconnect later.

Which type of attack is this an example of?

Answer 43

Backdoor

Question 44

In an effort to increase the security of your organization, programmers have been informed they can no longer bypass security during development.

Which vulnerability are you attempting to prevent?

Answer 44

Backdoor

Question 45

You have installed antivirus software on the computers on your network. You update the definition and engine files and configure the software to update those files every day.

What else should you do to protect your systems from malware? (Select two.)

Answer 45

Educate users about malware
Schedule regular full-system scans

Question 46

In a variation of the brute force attack, an attacker may use a predefined list of common usernames and passwords to gain access to existing user accounts. Which countermeasure best addresses this issue?

Answer 46

A strong password policy

Question 47

Which type of password attack employs a list of pre-defined passwords that it tries against a login prompt?

Answer 47

Dictionary attack

Question 48

Which of the following is most vulnerable to a brute-force attack?

Answer 48

Password authentication

Question 49

You are using a password attack that tests every possible keystroke for each single key in a password until the correct one is found.

Which of the following technical password attacks are you using?

Answer 49

Brute force attack

Question 50

Which of the following password attacks uses preconfigured matrices of hashed dictionary words?

Answer 50

Rainbow table attack

Question 51

Which of the following strategies can protect against a rainbow table password attack?

Answer 51

Add random bits to the password before hashing takes place

Question 52

Jack is tasked with testing the password strength for the users of an organization. He has limited time and unlimited storage space.

Which of the following would be the BEST password attack for him to choose?

Answer 52

Rainbow attack

Question 53

A birthday attack focuses on which of the following?

Answer 53

Hashing algorithms

Question 54

An attacker is attempting to crack a system’s password by matching the password hash to a hash in a large table of hashes he or she has.

Which type of attack is the attacker using?

Answer 54

Rainbow

Question 55

When two different messages produce the same hash value, what has occurred?

Answer 55

Collision

Question 56

A relatively new employee in the data entry cubical farm was assigned a user account similar to the other data entry employees’ accounts. However, audit logs have shown that this user account has been used to change ACLs on several confidential files and has accessed data in restricted areas.

This situation indicates which of the following has occurred?

Answer 56

Privilege escalation

Question 57

An attacker has obtained the logon credentials for a regular user on your network.

Which type of security threat exists if this user account is used to perform administrative functions?

Answer 57

Privilege escalation

Question 58

Which of the following is an example of privilege escalation?

Answer 58

Privilege creep

Question 59

A user is able to access privileged administrative features with an account that is not granted administrator rights.
Which type of vulnerability is this?

Answer 59

Privilege escalation

Question 60

Travis and Craig are both standard users on the network. Each user has a folder on the network server that only they can access. Recently, Travis has been able to access Craig’s folder.

This situation indicates which of the following has occurred?

Answer 60

Privilege escalation

Question 61

Which of the following is an attack that injects malicious scripts into web pages to redirect users to fake websites to gather personal information?

Answer 61

XSS (Cross-site scripting)

Question 62

Which of the following are subject to SQL injection attacks?

Answer 62

Database servers

Question 63

You have a website that accepts input from users for creating customer accounts. Input on the form is passed to a database server where the user account information is stored.

An attacker is able to insert database commands in the input fields and have those commands execute on the server.

Which type of attack has occurred?

Answer 63

SQL injection

Question 64

An attacker inserts SQL database commands into a data input field of an order form used by a web-based application. When submitted, these commands are executed on the remote database server, causing customer contact information from the database to be sent to the malicious user’s web browser.

Which practice would have prevented this exploit?

Answer 64

Implementing client-side validation

Question 65

In 2011, Sony was targeted by an SQL injection attack that compromised over one million emails, usernames, and passwords.

Which of the following could have prevented the attack?

Answer 65

Careful configuration and penetration testing on the front end

Question 66

SQL injections are a result of which of the following flaws?

Answer 66

Web applications

Question 67

Which of the following functions does a single quote (‘) perform in an SQL injection?

Answer 67

Indicates that data has ended and a command is beginning

Question 68

Which of the following attacks is a form of software exploitation that transmits or submits a longer stream of data than the input variable is designed to handle?

Answer 68

Buffer overflow attack

Question 69

A programmer that fails to check the length of input before processing leaves his code vulnerable to which form of common attack?

Answer 69

Buffer overflow attack

Question 70

Having poor software development practices and failing to program input validation checks during development of custom software can result in a system vulnerable to which type of attack?

Answer 70

Buffer overflow attack

Question 71

Which type of attack is the act of exploiting a software program’s free acceptance of input in order to execute arbitrary code on a target?

Answer 71

Buffer overflow attack

Question 72

Sam has used malware to access Sally’s computer on the network. He has found information that allows him to use the underlying NTLM to escalate his privileges without needing the plaintext password.

Which of the following types of attacks did he use?

Answer 72

Pass-the-hash attack

Question 73

Which of the following best describes an evil twin?

Answer 73

An access point that is configured to mimic a valid access point to obtain logon credentials and other sensitive information

Question 74

Your company security policy states that wireless networks are not to be used because of the potential security risk they present to your network.

One day, you find that an employee has connected a wireless access point to the network in his office.

Which type of security risk is this?

Answer 74

Rogue access point

Question 75

What is a Rogue access point?

Answer 75

It is an unauthorized access point added to a network, or it is an access point that is configured to mimic a valid access point

Question 76

Which of the following best describes Bluesnarfing?

Answer 76

Viewing calendar, emails, and messages on a mobile device without authorization

Question 77

Which of the following sends unsolicited business cards and messages to a Bluetooth device?

Answer 77

Bluejacking

Question 78

You are the security analyst for your organization. Clients are complaining about being unable to connect to the wireless network. After looking into the issue, you have noticed short bursts of high-intensity RF signals are interfering with your wireless network’s signal.

Which type of attack are you most likely experiencing?

Answer 78

Jamming

Question 79

Which type of RFID tag can send a signal over a long distance?

Answer 79

Active

Question 80

An attacker has intercepted near-field communication (NFC) data and is using that information to masquerade as the original device.

Which type of attack is being executed?

Answer 80

Relay

Question 81

Which type of attack is WEP extremely vulnerable to?

Answer 81

IV attack

Question 82

Which of the following describes a man-in-the-middle attack?

Answer 82

A false server intercepts communications from a client by impersonating the intended server.

Question 83

Capturing packets as they travel from one host to another with the intent of altering the contents of the packets is a form of which type of attack?

Answer 83

Man-in-the-middle attack

Question 84

Which of the following switch attacks associates the attacker’s MAC address with the IP address of the victim’s devices?

Answer 84

ARP spoofing/poisoning

Question 85

Which of the following attacks tries to associate an incorrect MAC address with a known IP address?

Answer 85

ARP poisoning

Question 86

What does ARP spoofing/poisoning do?

Answer 86

It associates the attacker’s MAC address with the IP address of a victim’s device

Question 87

Which of the following is the term used to describe what happens when an attacker sends falsified messages to link their MAC address with the IP address of a legitimate computer or server on a network?

Answer 87

ARP poisoning

Question 88

Which of the following attacks, if successful, causes a switch to function like a hub?

Answer 88

MAC flooding

Question 89

What is the appropriate switch attack for ARP spoofing/poisoning?

Answer 89

The source device sends frames to the attacker’s MAC address instead of to the correct device.

Question 90

What is the appropriate switch attack for Dynamic Trunking Protocol?

Answer 90

Should be disabled on the switch’s end user (access) ports before implementing the switch configuration into the network

Question 91

What is the appropriate switch attack for MAC flooding?

Answer 91

Causes packets to fill up the forwarding table and consumes so much of the switch’s memory that it enters a state called Fail Open Mode

Question 92

What is the appropriate switch attack for MAC spoofing?

Answer 92

Can be used to hide the identity of the attacker’s computer or impersonate another device on the network

Question 93

What is the correct definition of MAC spoofing?

Answer 93

Allows an attacker’s computer to connect to a switch using an authorized MAC address.

Question 94

What is the correct definition of MAC flooding?

Answer 94

The process of intentionally overwhelming the CAM table with Ethernet frames, each originating from a different MAC address.

Question 95

What is the correct definition of ARP poisoning?

Answer 95

The MAC address of the attacker can be associated with the IP address of another host.

Question 96

What is the correct definition of Port mirroring?

Answer 96

Creates a duplicate of all network traffic on a port and sends it to another device.

Question 97

Which type of denial-of-service (DoS) attack occurs when a name server receives malicious or misleading data that incorrectly maps host names and IP addresses?

Answer 97

DNS poisoning

Question 98

When does DNS poisoning occur?

Answer 98

It occurs when a name server receives malicious or misleading data that incorrectly maps host names and IP addresses

Question 99

While using the internet, you type the URL of one of your favorite sites in the browser. Instead of going to the correct site, the browser displays a completely different website. When you use the IP address of the web server, the correct site is displayed.

Which type of attack has likely occurred?

Answer 99

DNS poisoning

Question 100

An attacker uses an exploit to push a modified hosts file to client systems. This hosts file redirects traffic from legitimate tax preparation sites to malicious sites to gather personal and financial information.

Which kind of exploit has been used in this scenario?

Answer 100

DNS poisoning

Question 101

An attacker sets up 100 drone computers that flood a DNS server with invalid requests. This is an example of which kind of attack?

Answer 101

DDoS

Question 102

What is a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)?

Answer 102

A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack employs multiple attackers

Question 103

Which of the following is the single greatest threat to network security?

Answer 103

Employees

Question 104

The IT manager in your organization proposes taking steps to deflect a potential threat actor. The proposal includes the following:

• Create and follow onboarding and off-boarding procedures.
• Employ the principal of least privilege.
• Have appropriate physical security controls in place.

Which type of threat actor do these steps guard against?

Answer 104

Insider

Question 105

An employee stealing company data could be an example of which kind of threat actor?

Answer 105

Internal threat

Question 106

Which of the following BEST describes an inside attacker?

Answer 106

An unintentional threat actor. This is the most common threat

Question 107

Which of the following threat actors seeks to defame, shed light on, or cripple an organization or government?

Answer 107

Hacktivist

Question 108

What is a hacktivist?

Answer 108

A hacktivist is any individual whose attacks are politically motivated

Question 109

A script kiddie is a threat actor who lacks knowledge and sophistication. Script kiddie attacks often seek to exploit well-known vulnerabilities in systems.

What is the BEST defense against script kiddie attacks?

Answer 109

Keep systems up to date and use standard security practices

Question 110

Which of the following best describes a script kiddie?

Answer 110

A hacker who uses scripts written by much more talented individuals

Question 111

Which of the following is the BEST definition of the term hacker?

Answer 111

A general term used to describe any individual who uses their technical knowledge to gain unauthorized access to an organization

Question 112

Which of the following is the correct definition of a threat?

Answer 112

Any potential danger to the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of information or systems

Question 113

Which of the following BEST describes a cyber terrorist?

Answer 113

Disrupts network-dependent institutions

Question 114

Which of the following could an employee also be known as?

Answer 114

Internal threat

Question 115

What is the storage location called that holds all the development source files that version control systems use?

Answer 115

Repository

Question 116

John is the IT manager at a mid-sized company. He has been tasked with improving the physical security of the company’s server room.

Which of the following actions would be the MOST effective in enhancing the physical security of the server room?

Answer 116

Installing a biometric access control system

Question 117

In your role as a security analyst, you need to stay up to date on the latest threats. You are currently reviewing the latest real-time updates on cyberthreats from across the world.

Which of the following resources are you MOST likely using?

Answer 117

Threat feeds

Question 118

Which of the following is an example of a vulnerability?

Answer 118

An enabled USB port

Question 119

The root account has all privileges and no barriers. Which of the following is another name for the root account?

Answer 119

Superuser account

Question 120

Which of the following authentication protocols transmits passwords in cleartext and, therefore, is considered too unsecure for modern networks?

Answer 120

PAP

Question 121

Which of the following is the weakest hashing algorithm?

Answer 121

MD5

Question 122

You have transferred an encrypted file across a network using the Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol. What happens to the file’s encryption?

Answer 122

The file is unencrypted when moved.

Question 123

Every ACME computer comes with the same account created at the factory. Which kind of vulnerability is this?

Answer 123

Default accounts and passwords

Question 124

Which of the following do security templates allow you to do? (Select two.)

Answer 124

Quickly apply settings to multiple computers
Configure consistent security settings between devices

Question 125

What does the netstat -a command show?

Answer 125

All listening and non-listening sockets

Question 126

You need to increase the security of your Linux system by finding and closing open ports. Which of the following commands should you use to locate open ports?

Answer 126

nslookup

Question 127

In which of the iptables default chains would you configure a rule to allow an external device to access the HTTPS port on the Linux server?

Answer 127

Input

Question 128

A wireless access point configured to use Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is an example of which kind of vulnerability?

Answer 128

Weak security configurations

Question 129

You are deploying a brand new router. What is one of the first things you should do?

Answer 129

Update the firmware

Question 130

When confidential or protected data is exposed, either intentionally or accidentally, it is considered to be which of the following?

Answer 130

Data breach

Question 131

DNS tunneling is a common method that allows an attacker to accomplish which attack?

Answer 131

Data exfiltration

Question 132

Which impact of vulnerabilities occurs when an attacker uses information gained from a data breach to commit fraud by doing things like opening new accounts with the victim’s information?

Answer 132

Identity theft

Question 133

Sometimes, an attacker’s goal is to prevent access to a system rather than to gain access. This form of attack is often called a denial-of-service attack and causes which impact?

Answer 133

Availability loss

Question 134

Which formula is used to determine a cloud provider’s availability percentage?

Answer 134

Uptime/uptime + downtime

Question 135

You have configured an NIDS to monitor network traffic. Which of the following describes harmless traffic that has been identified as a potential attack by the NIDS device?

Answer 135

False positive

Question 136

Which of the following describes a false positive when using an IPS device?

Answer 136

Legitimate traffic being flagged as malicious

Question 137

In your role as a security analyst, you ran a vulnerability scan, and several vulnerabilities were reported. Upon further inspection, none of the vulnerabilities actually existed.

Which type of result is this?

Answer 137

False positive

Question 138

Which of the following describes the worst possible action by an IDS?

Answer 138

The system identified harmful traffic as harmless and allowed it to pass without generating any alerts.

Question 139

A security administrator logs onto a Windows server on her organization’s network. Then she runs a vulnerability scan on that server.

Which type of scan was conducted in this scenario?

Answer 139

Credentialed scan

Question 140

A security administrator needs to run a vulnerability scan that analyzes a system from the perspective of a hacker attacking the organization from the outside.

Which type of scan should he or she use?

Answer 140

Non-credentialed scan

Question 141

You have run a vulnerability scanning tool and identified several patches that need to be applied to a system. What should you do next after applying the patches?

Answer 141

Run the vulnerability assessment again.

Question 142

You have implemented a new application control solution. After monitoring traffic and use for a while, you have noticed an application that continuously circumvents blocking.

How should you configure the application control software to handle this application?

Answer 142

Tarpit

Question 143

You want to be able to identify the services running on a set of servers on your network. Which tool would BEST give you the information you need?

Answer 143

Vulnerability scanner

Question 144

For some reason, when you capture packets as part of your monitoring, you aren’t seeing much traffic. What could be the reason?

Answer 144

You forgot to turn on promiscuous mode for the network interface.

Question 145

Which SIEM component is responsible for gathering all event logs from configured devices and securely sending them to the SIEM system?

Answer 145

Collectors

Question 146

You are concerned that an attacker can gain access to your web server, make modifications to the system, and alter the log files to hide his or her actions. Which of the following actions would best protect the log files?

Answer 146

Use syslog to send log entries to another server

Question 147

Which of the following systems is able to respond to low-level security events without human assistance?

Answer 147

SOAR

Question 148

A company has recently experienced a significant increase in the volume of security alerts. The security team is struggling to keep up with the volume and is concerned that they may miss a critical alert.

The company is considering implementing a Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) system.

Which of the following would be the MOST likely benefit of implementing a SOAR system?

Answer 148

The SOAR system will automate routine, tedious, and time-consuming tasks

Question 149

You have been hired to perform a penetration test for an organization. You are given full knowledge of the network before the test begins.

Which type of penetration test are you performing?

Answer 149

White box

Question 150

As part of a special program, you have discovered a vulnerability in an organization’s website and reported it to the organization. Because of the severity, you are paid a good amount of money.

Which type of penetration test are you performing?

Answer 150

Bug bounty

Question 151

Which of the following uses hacking techniques to proactively discover internal vulnerabilities?

Answer 151

Penetration testing

Question 152

Which of the following activities are typically associated with a penetration test?

Answer 152

Attempt social engineering

Question 153

What is the primary purpose of penetration testing?

Answer 153

Test the effectiveness of your security perimeter

Question 154

Which phase or step of a security assessment is a passive activity?

Answer 154

Reconnaissance

Question 155

Which of the following items would be implemented at the Network layer of the security model?

Answer 155

Penetration testing

Question 156

Which of the following is a very detailed document that defines exactly what is going to be included in the penetration test?

Answer 156

Scope of work

Question 157

Which step in the penetration testing life cycle is accomplished using rootkits or Trojan horse programs?

Answer 157

Maintain access

Question 158

The process of walking around an office building with an 802.11 signal detector is known as?

Answer 158

War driving

Question 159

Gathering as much personally identifiable information (PII) on a target as possible is a goal of which reconnaissance method?

Answer 159

OSINT

Question 160

What is OSINT?

Answer 160

Open-source intelligence

Question 161

You are the security analyst for your organization and have discovered evidence that someone is attempting to brute-force the root password on the web server. Which classification of attack type is this?

Answer 161

Active

Question 162

Which classification of attack type does packet sniffing fall under?

Answer 162

Passive

Question 163

Which type of reconnaissance is dumpster diving?

Answer 163

Passive

Question 164

Which passive reconnaissance tool is used to gather information from a variety of public sources?

Answer 164

theHarvester

Question 165

You have been hired as part of the team that manages an organization’s network defense.

Which security team are you working on?

Answer 165

Blue

Question 166

What are the Blue team members?

Answer 166

The defense of the system. This team is responsible for stopping the red team’s advances.

Question 167

You have been promoted to team lead of one of the security operations teams.

Which security team are you now a part of?

Answer 167

White

Question 168

What are White team members?

Answer 168

The referees of cybersecurity. This team is responsible for managing the engagement between the red and blue teams. This group typically consists of the managers or team leads.

Question 169

What are Purple team members?

Answer 169

Members of the purple team work on both offense and defense. This team is a combination of the red and blue teams.