A System That Monitors Network Use for Potential Hacking Attempts

question 38

Multiple Choice

A system that monitors network use for potential hacking attempts and takes preventative action to block, isolate, or identify attempted infiltration, and raise further alarms to warn security personnel is known as a(n) :

• A) firewall system.
• B) whitelist.
• C) intrusion detection system.
• D) honeypot system.
• E) patching system.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A default hypothesis that there is no significant difference or effect, used as the basis for statistical testing.

Type I Error

The incorrect rejection of a true null hypothesis, often denoted as a false positive.

Alpha

In statistics, the level of significance at which a hypothesis test is conducted, representing the probability of incorrectly rejecting the null hypothesis.

Type I Error

The error of rejecting a true null hypothesis, also known as a false positive.