A Security Analyst Observes the Following Events in the Logs

question 406

Multiple Choice

A security analyst observes the following events in the logs of an employee workstation: Given the information provided, which of the following MOST likely occurred on the workstation?

• A) Application whitelisting controls blocked an exploit payload from executing.
• B) Antivirus software found and quarantined three malware files.
• C) Automatic updates were initiated but failed because they had not been approved.
• D) The SIEM log agent was not tuned properly and reported a false positive.

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Definitions:

Working Capital Accruals

The portion of earnings not realized in cash, representing changes in working capital that affect a company's cash flow.

Turnover

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Liquidity Betas

A measure of how sensitive an asset's price is to changes in market liquidity, often used in financial modeling to assess the impact of liquidity risk.

Priced Factor

An element affecting the pricing of securities that is reflected in market prices due to its influence on asset returns.