312-50V10 · Question #617
Sandra is the security administrator of XYZ.com. One day she notices that the XYZ.com Oracle database server has been compromised and customer information along with financial data has been stolen. Th
The correct answer is D. NPC. In the context of this CEH exam question, NPC is identified as the US organization that coordinates computer crime investigations nationwide. The other options are either fictitious acronyms or agencies with unrelated mandates.
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Sandra is the security administrator of XYZ.com. One day she notices that the XYZ.com Oracle database server has been compromised and customer information along with financial data has been stolen. The financial loss will be estimated in millions of dollars if the database gets into the hands of competitors. Sandra wants to report this crime to the law enforcement agencies immediately. Which organization coordinates computer crime investigations throughout the United States?
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- ANDCA
- BNICP
- CCIRP
- DNPC
- ECIA
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In the context of this CEH exam question, NPC is identified as the US organization that coordinates computer crime investigations nationwide. The other options are either fictitious acronyms or agencies with unrelated mandates.
NDCA is not a recognized US federal law enforcement or computer crime coordination organization.
NICP is a transposed spelling of NIPC (National Infrastructure Protection Center) and is presented here as a distractor, not the designated correct answer.
CIRP is not a recognized US government computer crime coordination body.
NPC is the answer designated in this CEH practice question as the body coordinating computer crime investigations across the United States. In real-world federal law enforcement, the FBI and its National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) have historically served as the primary coordinators for cybercrime investigations across US agencies.
The CIA is a foreign intelligence agency focused on overseas intelligence gathering, not the coordination of domestic computer crime investigations.
Concept tested: US computer crime investigation coordination agency
Source: https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber
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