Eccouncil 312-50 Exam - Topic 1 Question 70 Discussion

Actual exam question for Eccouncil's 312-50 exam

Question #: 70
Topic #: 1

You went to great lengths to install all the necessary technologies to prevent hacking attacks, such as expensive firewalls, antivirus software, anti-spam systems and intrusion detection/prevention tools in your company's network. You have configured the most secure policies and tightened every device on your network. You are confident that hackers will never be able to gain access to your network with complex security system in place.

Your peer, Peter Smith who works at the same department disagrees with you.

He says even the best network security technologies cannot prevent hackers gaining access to the network because of presence of "weakest link" in the security chain.

What is Peter Smith talking about?

AUntrained staff or ignorant computer users who inadvertently become the weakest link in your security chain

B'zero-day' exploits are the weakest link in the security chain since the IDS will not be able to detect these attacks

C'Polymorphic viruses' are the weakest link in the security chain since the Anti-Virus scanners will not be able to detect these attacks

DContinuous Spam e-mails cannot be blocked by your security system since spammers use different techniques to bypass the filters in your gateway

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Suggested Answer: A

by Fatima at May 25, 2023, 06:51 AM

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Shaquana

4 months ago

Wait, are we really saying all this tech can be bypassed by just one person?

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Lucia

4 months ago

Polymorphic viruses are tricky, but I think user behavior is worse.

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Desire

4 months ago

Definitely agree with Peter, human error is often the biggest risk.

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Antonio

4 months ago

I don't know, zero-day exploits are pretty serious too.

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Arlette

4 months ago

Peter's right, untrained staff can really be a weak link.

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Cordelia

5 months ago

I feel like Peter's point is valid, but I wonder if continuous spam emails really fit the "weakest link" idea. Aren't there ways to improve those filters?

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Macy

5 months ago

I practiced a question similar to this, and I think it was about how even the best antivirus can't catch polymorphic viruses. That could be what Peter means.

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Leoma

5 months ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I think Peter might be referring to zero-day exploits. Those are tricky since they can bypass security measures until they're discovered.

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Charlena

5 months ago

I remember discussing how human error can often be the biggest vulnerability in a network. It makes sense that untrained staff could be the weakest link.

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Glenn

5 months ago

I'm a bit confused by this question. I know we need to monitor the SQL Server instance, but I'm not sure which option would be the best fit. I'll have to review the information again and think about the administrative effort required for each choice.

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Richelle

5 months ago

Option A sounds familiar, but I'm a bit confused because I also recall something about NAT that might relate to option B.

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