C701: Ethical Hacking – Pre-Assessment Questions

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Hacker is a person who illegally breaks into a system or network without any authorization to destroy, steal sensitive data or to perform any malicious attacks. Black hat hackers are: In order to co... mpromise or to hack a system or network the hackers go through various phases of the hacking. What is the first hacking phase that hackers perform to gather information about a target prior to launching an attack? Defense-in-depth is a security strategy in which several protection layers are placed throughout an information system. It helps to prevent direct attacks against an information system and data because a break in one layer only leads the attacker to the next layer. Penetration testing is a method of actively evaluating the security of an information system or network by simulating an attack from a malicious source. [Show More]

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