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Submitted by yaw92· Mar 5, 2026Security Assessment and Testing

Question

A federal agency has hired an auditor to perform penetration testing on a critical system as part of the mandatory, annual Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) security assessments. The auditor is new to this system but has extensive experience with all types of penetration testing. The auditor has decided to begin with sniffing network traffic. What type of penetration testing is the auditor conducting?

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  • AWhite box testing
  • BBlack box testing
  • CGray box testing
  • DRed box testing

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#penetration testing#black box testing#network sniffing
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