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CS0-003 · Question #216

Following a recent security incident, the Chief Information Security Officer is concerned with improving visibility and reporting of malicious actors in the environment. The goal is to reduce the…

The correct answer is A. Mean time to detect. Mean time to detect (MTTD) is a metric that measures how quickly an organization can identify a security incident or a malicious actor in the environment. Reducing MTTD can improve visibility and reporting of threats, as well as prevent lateral movement and data exfiltration by…

Submitted by yasin.bd· Mar 6, 2026Reporting and Communication

Question

Following a recent security incident, the Chief Information Security Officer is concerned with improving visibility and reporting of malicious actors in the environment. The goal is to reduce the time to prevent lateral movement and potential data exfiltration. Which of the following techniques will best achieve the improvement?

Options

  • AMean time to detect
  • BMean time to respond
  • CMean time to remediate
  • DService-level agreement uptime

How the community answered

(35 responses)
  • A
    94% (33)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • D
    3% (1)

Explanation

Mean time to detect (MTTD) is a metric that measures how quickly an organization can identify a security incident or a malicious actor in the environment. Reducing MTTD can improve visibility and reporting of threats, as well as prevent lateral movement and data exfiltration by detecting

Topics

#security metrics#MTTD#lateral movement#data exfiltration

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