What Is Social Engineering

question 30

Multiple Choice

What is social engineering?

• A) Using one's social skills to trick people into revealing access credentials or other information valuable to the attacker
• B) Legitimate users who purposely or accidentally misuse their access to the environment and cause some kind of business-affecting incident
• C) Small electronic devices that change user passwords automatically
• D) A method for confirming user's identities

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Definitions:

Required Rate of Return

The minimum rate of return on an investment deemed acceptable by an investor, considering the investment's risk.

Internal Rate of Return

A financial metric used to evaluate the profitability of potential investments, calculating the discount rate that makes the net present value of all cash flows equal to zero.

Payback Period

Payback period is the duration required to recover the cost of an investment, calculated by dividing the initial investment by the annual cash inflow.

Net Present Value

A financial metric used to evaluate the profitability of an investment, calculated by subtracting the present value of cash outflows from the present value of cash inflows over a period of time.