If a company has experienced a passive attack on its IT infrastructure, how is the company’s security impacted?
A. Access to services is denied.
B. Availability of data is affected.
C. Information privacy is compromised.
D. Data is altered by an unauthorized user.
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correct answer: c
there is unauthorized users, answer is D
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Correct Answer is C
Attacks can be classified as:
Passive attacks attempt to gain unauthorized access into the system
Active attacks attempt data modification, Denial of Service (DoS), and repudiation attacks
Active Attack is danger for Integrity as well as availability.
Passive Attack is danger for Confidentiality.
any reference?
Page 684 course book ISM v4. Security threats secion . The passive attack is the one where some entity gets unauthorized access to your system, hence all your privacy is lost.
The active attack would be when somebody is doing DoS, repudiation attack, data modification
Correct answer: C