Q. What is the purpose of Mitm6 in penetration testing?

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Q. Which tool is used to embed text within audio files in the context of steganography?

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Q. Which cloud security auditing tool can work across commonly used cloud environments?

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Q. What is the primary focus of Pacu, a cloud exploitation framework?

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Q. Which tool is a rule enforcement engine that allows the consistent application of security policies across cloud environments?

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Q. What is the purpose of CloudBrute in penetration testing?

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Q. In penetration testing, what is the significance of adopting the hacker mindset?

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Q. What goals do cybersecurity professionals strive to achieve, according to the CIA triad?

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Q. What goals do attackers seek to achieve, according to the DAD triad?

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Q. What is one of the benefits of penetration testing?

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Q. Why might penetration testing be conducted to meet regulatory requirements?

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Q. What is an advantage of internal penetration testing teams?

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Q. In which phase of the penetration testing process do testers share their findings with the target organization?

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Q. Tom is running a penetration test in a web application and discovers a flaw that allows him to shut down the web server remotely. What goal of penetration testing has Tom most directly achieved?

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Q. Brian ran a penetration test against a school’s grading system and discovered a flaw that would allow students to alter their grades by exploiting a SQL injection vulnerability. What type of control should he recommend to the school’s cybersecurity team to prevent students from engaging in this type of activity?

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Q. Edward Snowden gathered a massive quantity of sensitive information from the National Security Agency and released it to the media without permission. What type of attack did he wage?

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Q. Assuming no significant changes in an organization’s cardholder data environment, how often does PCI DSS require that a merchant accepting credit cards conduct penetration testing?

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Q. Which one of the following is not a benefit of using an internal penetration testing team?

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Q. Which one of the following is not a reason to conduct periodic penetration tests of systems and applications?

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Q. Rich recently got into trouble with a client for using an attack tool during a penetration test that caused a system outage. During what stage of the penetration testing process should Rich and his clients have agreed on the tools and techniques that he would use during the test?

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