A Security Technician Receives a Copy of a Report That

question 84

Multiple Choice

A security technician receives a copy of a report that was originally sent to the board of directors by the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) . The report outlines the following KPI/KRI data for the last 12 months: Which of the following BEST describes what could be interpreted from the above data?

• A) 1. AV coverage across the fleet improved 2. There is no correlation between infected systems and AV coverage. 3. There is no correlation between detected phishing attempts and infected systems 4. A correlation between threat landscape rating and infected systems appears to exist. 5. Effectiveness and performance of the security team appears to be degrading.
• B) 1. AV signature coverage has remained consistently high 2. AV coverage across the fleet improved 3. A correlation between phishing attempts and infected systems appears to exist 4. There is a correlation between the threat landscape rating and the security team's performance. 5. There is no correlation between detected phishing attempts and infected systems
• C) 1. There is no correlation between infected systems and AV coverage 4. There is no correlation between the threat landscape rating and the security team's performance. 5. There is a correlation between detected phishing attempts and infected systems
• D) 1. AV coverage across the fleet declined 4. There is no correlation between the threat landscape rating and the security team's performance

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Definitions:

Categorization

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Stereotyped Thinking

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Law of Small Numbers

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