Discuss GIAC GCED Exam Topic 5 Question 2

An incident response team is handling a worm infection among their user workstations. They created an IPS signature to detect and block worm activity on the border IPS, then removed the worm's artifacts or workstations triggering the rule. Despite this action, worm activity continued for days after. Where did the incident response team fail?

AThe team did not adequately apply lessons learned from the incident

BThe custom rule did not detect all infected workstations

CThey did not receive timely notification of the security event

DThe team did not understand the worm's propagation method

Suggested Answer: B

Identifying and scoping an incident during triage is important to successfully handling a security incident. The detection methods used by the team didn't detect all the infected workstations.

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13 comments · newest first

Jaime 11 months ago

Timely notifications could have helped too, for sure.

Isabella 11 months ago

Wait, they didn't know how the worm spreads? That's wild!

Verlene 12 months ago

I think the custom rule might have been too narrow.

Lynelle 12 months ago

Totally agree, understanding how it spreads is key!

Beatriz 12 months ago

They probably missed the propagation method.

Deandrea 1 year ago

I recall a case study where teams failed because they didn't apply lessons learned. If they didn't analyze what went wrong after the first detection, they could have repeated the same mistakes.

Renea 1 year ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I feel like timely notifications are crucial. If they weren't alerted quickly about the worm's activity, they might have missed some critical steps in their response.

Shala 1 year ago

I think I came across a similar question about incident response failures. It might be that the custom rule didn't cover all the infected workstations, which could lead to continued issues.

Louisa 1 year ago

I remember studying how important it is to understand the propagation methods of malware. If they didn't grasp how the worm spreads, that could definitely explain the ongoing infection.

Kanisha 1 year ago

Ah, I see. Rebooting the RouterBoard is necessary to activate the new configuration after importing the rsc file. Got it, I'll make sure to do that.

Pamella 1 year ago

Okay, the question gives two options - dragging the image or using the Layout Options icon. I think I'll try the Layout Options approach to be safe.

Tamesha 1 year ago

This looks like a straightforward question about Power Virtual Agents. I think the answer is session variables, since they are used to store information that persists across different topics in a conversation.

Hubert 1 year ago

Okay, I've got a strategy here. I think the best approach is to use the Object Dependencies tool under the Database Tools menu. That should show me how the Employee query is connected to the other objects in the database.

GIAC GCED Exam - Topic 5 Question 2 Discussion