352-001 · Question #500
Which item will be attacked by a DoS attack?
The correct answer is B. Availability. A Denial of Service attack targets the Availability pillar of the CIA triad by overwhelming resources and preventing legitimate users from accessing services.
Question
Which item will be attacked by a DoS attack?
Options
- ACorrelation
- BAvailability
- CIntegrity
- DConfidentiality
How the community answered
(30 responses)- B90% (27)
- C7% (2)
- D3% (1)
Why each option
A Denial of Service attack targets the Availability pillar of the CIA triad by overwhelming resources and preventing legitimate users from accessing services.
Correlation is a log analysis technique used in SIEMs to identify patterns across events, not a CIA triad property and not a target of DoS attacks.
Availability is the CIA triad property that ensures resources are accessible to authorized users when needed. A DoS attack directly undermines this by flooding a target with traffic or exploiting vulnerabilities to exhaust system resources, making services unreachable for legitimate users. All forms of DoS - volumetric, protocol, or application-layer - share the singular goal of denying service.
Integrity refers to the accuracy and trustworthiness of data; DoS attacks do not modify or corrupt stored or transmitted data.
Confidentiality protects data from unauthorized disclosure; DoS attacks do not aim to expose or exfiltrate sensitive information.
Concept tested: DoS attacks targeting the CIA triad availability
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/security-center/ddos-attacks.html
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