Cisco CyberOps Associate 200-201 New Questions

• The security scenario involves protecting the company from known issues that trigger adware and addressing a recent incident that could harm the system.
• This scenario involves identifying vulnerabilities (weaknesses in the system that can be exploited) and threats (potential harm that can exploit these vulnerabilities).
• A vulnerability is an inherent flaw in the system, while a threat is an event or condition that has the potential to exploit the vulnerability.
• The security engineer needs to assess both the vulnerabilities present and the threats that could exploit these vulnerabilities to implement effective protection measures.

References

• Cisco Cybersecurity Operations Fundamentals
• Concepts of Vulnerability and Threat in Cybersecurity
• Best Practices in Vulnerability Management

Social engineering is a tactic used by attackers to manipulate individuals into divulging confidential information, such as passwords. In this scenario, the attacker is impersonating a colleague by using a similar email address with a missing letter, attempting to trick the employee into revealing sensitive information.

References: Understanding Cisco Cybersecurity Operations Fundamentals (CBROPS) course and materials provide insights into various types of cybersecurity threats, including social engineering, and how to recognize and respond to them.

 Phishing is considered a low-bandwidth attack because it does not require the use of significant network resources. Instead, it relies on social engineering to deceive individuals into providing sensitive information or clicking on malicious links, often through email or other communication methods1.

• In the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), attack complexity refers to the conditions beyond the attacker’s control that must exist for the vulnerability to be successfully exploited.
• This includes factors such as the need for user interaction, the presence of specific configurations, or network conditions that are not easily controlled by the attacker.
• A high attack complexity means that these external factors make exploitation more difficult, while a low attack complexity indicates that fewer such conditions are required.

References

• CVSS v3.1 Specifications Document
• Understanding Attack Complexity in Vulnerability Assessments
• Cybersecurity Frameworks and Metrics