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PROFESSIONAL-SECURITY-OPERATIONS-ENGINEER · Question #139
A workload is created and terminated within five minutes and later linked to cryptomining activity. What MOST complicates the investigation?
The correct answer is B. Short-lived (ephemeral) resources. Ephemeral resources reduce forensic evidence and make timeline reconstruction difficult.
Cloud Forensics and Incident Response
Question
A workload is created and terminated within five minutes and later linked to cryptomining activity. What MOST complicates the investigation?
Options
- AEncryption at rest
- BShort-lived (ephemeral) resources
- CGlobal IP addressing
- DHigh availability architecture
How the community answered
(24 responses)- A8% (2)
- B83% (20)
- C4% (1)
- D4% (1)
Explanation
Ephemeral resources reduce forensic evidence and make timeline reconstruction difficult.
Topics
#ephemeral resources#cloud forensics#cryptomining detection#incident investigation complexity
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