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500-651 · Question #95

Which are two main challenges of securing web and e-mail? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is A. Cyber Crime is a growing industry D. 90% of cyber criminals use DNS in attacks. A (Cyber Crime is a growing industry) is correct because the expanding scale, sophistication, and profitability of cybercrime directly increases the volume and variety of threats targeting web and email systems, making defense an ever-moving target. D (90% of cyber criminals…

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Question

Which are two main challenges of securing web and e-mail? (Choose two.)

Options

  • ACyber Crime is a growing industry
  • BSecuring cloud apps
  • CProtecting against data centers
  • D90% of cyber criminals use DNS in attacks

How the community answered

(50 responses)
  • A
    80% (40)
  • B
    14% (7)
  • C
    6% (3)

Explanation

A (Cyber Crime is a growing industry) is correct because the expanding scale, sophistication, and profitability of cybercrime directly increases the volume and variety of threats targeting web and email systems, making defense an ever-moving target. D (90% of cyber criminals use DNS in attacks) is correct because DNS is a foundational internet protocol that attackers exploit extensively - through phishing domains, DNS tunneling, and spoofing - making it a core challenge for web and email security specifically.

B (Securing cloud apps) is a real security concern but is a broader cloud security topic, not identified as one of the main challenges specific to web and email security in this context. C (Protecting against data centers) is a distractor that inverts the relationship - data centers are security infrastructure that provides protection, not a threat to defend against.

Memory tip: Think "Crime pays, DNS betrays" - cybercrime's growth (A) means more attackers, and DNS abuse (D) is their favorite highway into web and email systems.

Topics

#web security#email security#cyber threat landscape#DNS attacks

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