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What are two differences in how tampered and untampered disk images affect a security incident? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is A. Untampered images are used in the security investigation process E. The image is untampered if the stored hash and the computed hash match. Untampered disk images, verifiable by matching cryptographic hashes, are critical for reliable forensic analysis in security investigations.

Submitted by lukas.cz· Mar 6, 2026Host-Based Analysis

Question

What are two differences in how tampered and untampered disk images affect a security incident? (Choose two.)

Options

  • AUntampered images are used in the security investigation process
  • BTampered images are used in the security investigation process
  • CThe image is tampered if the stored hash and the computed hash match
  • DTampered images are used in the incident recovery process
  • EThe image is untampered if the stored hash and the computed hash match

How the community answered

(37 responses)
  • A
    92% (34)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    5% (2)

Why each option

Untampered disk images, verifiable by matching cryptographic hashes, are critical for reliable forensic analysis in security investigations.

AUntampered images are used in the security investigation processCorrect

Untampered disk images are essential for security investigations because they provide an accurate and uncorrupted snapshot of the system's state at the time of compromise, preserving crucial forensic evidence.

BTampered images are used in the security investigation process

Tampered images have been altered after acquisition, making them unreliable and inadmissible for accurate security investigations due to compromised integrity.

CThe image is tampered if the stored hash and the computed hash match

If the stored hash and the computed hash match, it indicates the image has not been tampered with, verifying its integrity, not that it is tampered.

DTampered images are used in the incident recovery process

While a recovery process might involve restoring from a backup, using a tampered image for recovery would introduce unknown malicious or corrupt data back into the system, potentially reintroducing the compromise.

EThe image is untampered if the stored hash and the computed hash matchCorrect

An image is considered untampered, and thus forensically sound, if its stored cryptographic hash (taken at the time of acquisition) matches the hash computed when the image is later accessed or verified.

Concept tested: Digital forensics image integrity

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/security/operations/forensics

Topics

#forensic imaging#disk integrity#hashing#chain of custody

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