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Otis is an incident handler working in Delmont organization. Recently, the organization is facing several setbacks in the business and thereby its revenues are going down. Otis was asked to take the…
The correct answer is C. Espionage. The Delmont organization faced an espionage incident, which involves the unauthorized access and theft of proprietary or confidential information for passing it onto competitors or other external entities. Espionage is targeted at obtaining secrets or intellectual property to…
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Otis is an incident handler working in Delmont organization. Recently, the organization is facing several setbacks in the business and thereby its revenues are going down. Otis was asked to take the charge and look into the matter. While auditing the enterprise security, he found the traces of an attack, where the proprietary information was stolen from the enterprise network and was passed onto the competitors. Which of the following information security incidents Delmont organization faced?
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- ANetwork and resource abuses
- BUnauthorized access
- CEspionage
- DEmail-based abuse
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(35 responses)- B3% (1)
- C94% (33)
- D3% (1)
Explanation
The Delmont organization faced an espionage incident, which involves the unauthorized access and theft of proprietary or confidential information for passing it onto competitors or other external entities. Espionage is targeted at obtaining secrets or intellectual property to gain a competitive advantage or for other strategic purposes. Unlike network and resource abuses or email-based abuse, which might not specifically target sensitive information, espionage directly aims at stealing valuable data. Unauthorized access is a method that could be used in an espionage attempt but does not fully capture the motive of passing stolen information to competitors.
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