Following a data breach, suspicion falls on an employee who had access to sensitive information. Insider threat tools are deployed to scrutinize the employee's digital activities and flag any…

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• ABy monitoring and detecting suspicious behavior within the organization
• BBy analyzing competitor strategies
• CBy predicting market trends
• DBy enhancing social media presence

• A
  82% (36)
• B
  11% (5)
• C
  5% (2)
• D
  2% (1)

Explanation

According to the CHFI v11 Network and Web Attacks and Insider Threat Forensics objectives, insider threats represent a significant risk because trusted users already have legitimate access to systems, data, and networks. As a result, detecting malicious activity by insiders requires continuous monitoring and behavioral analysis, rather than traditional perimeter-based security Insider threat tools are specifically designed to monitor user activities, such as file access, data transfers, login behavior, privilege escalation, email usage, USB activity, and abnormal network connections. CHFI v11 emphasizes that these tools establish a baseline of normal user behavior and then identify deviations that may indicate data exfiltration, sabotage, fraud, or policy violations. Alerts generated by these tools help investigators quickly identify suspicious actions and correlate them with timelines and access rights.

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