A penetration tester is contracted to attack an oil rig network to look for vulnerabilities. While conducting the assessment, the support organization of the rig reported issues connecting to…

The correct answer is D. Bandwidth limitations. It states during the testing it occurred. It doesn't indicate to mean that exploited anything. Both ingress and egress traffic were affected which means to me that bandwidth was an issue.

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Question

A penetration tester is contracted to attack an oil rig network to look for vulnerabilities. While conducting the assessment, the support organization of the rig reported issues connecting to corporate applications and upstream services for data acquisitions. Which of the following is the MOST likely culprit?

Options

APatch installations
BSuccessful exploits
CApplication failures
DBandwidth limitations

How the community answered

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A
10% (3)
B
3% (1)
C
7% (2)
D
80% (24)

Explanation

It states during the testing it occurred. It doesn't indicate to mean that exploited anything. Both ingress and egress traffic were affected which means to me that bandwidth was an issue.

Topics

#Penetration testing impact#Network saturation#Bandwidth limitations#Operational disruption

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