The Board of a Financial Services Company Has Requested That

question 154

Multiple Choice

The board of a financial services company has requested that the senior security analyst acts as a cybersecurity advisor in order to comply with recent federal legislation. The analyst is required to give a report on current cybersecurity and threat trends in the financial services industry at the next board meeting. Which of the following would be the BEST methods to prepare this report? (Choose two.)

• A) Review the CVE database for critical exploits over the past year
• B) Use social media to contact industry analysts
• C) Use intelligence gathered from the Internet relay chat channels
• D) Request information from security vendors and government agencies
• E) Perform a penetration test of the competitor's network and share the results with the board

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