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Abotis malware that allows attackers to remotely control infected systems, often forming botnets used for DDoS attacks, spam, or credential theft.

Authorization determines what actions a user is allowed to perform after their identity has been authenticated. Identification claims an identity, authentication verifies it, and authorization grants permissions.

Double dealing is not a recognized social engineering technique. The others involve manipulating individuals to disclose information or perform actions.

Zero Trust architectures rely on microsegmentation and continuous enforcement to limit lateral movement.

System security configuration management focuses on ensuring that systems are securely configured, consistently maintained, and properly tracked throughout their lifecycle. Core elements includebaselines,updates, andinventory. Baselines define the approved secure configuration for systems. Updates (such as patches and configuration changes) ensure systems remain secure over time. Inventory tracks hardware and software assets so organizations know what must be configured and maintained.

Audit logs, while extremely important for security monitoring, incident response, and compliance, arenot a core element of configuration management. Instead, audit logs fall under security operations, monitoring, and logging controls. Configuration management is concerned with how systems are built and maintained, not with recording activity after deployment.

Frameworks such as NIST SP 800-128 clearly distinguish configuration management from logging and auditing, even though both contribute to overall system security.

Modern organizations depend on IT systems for communication, data processing, transactions, and service delivery. Without IT, critical business functions often cannot operate, making IT recovery essential to business continuity.

Disaster Recovery Planning focuses specifically on restoring IT infrastructure, systems, and communications.

Data backupsare essential to disaster recovery, enabling restoration of systems and data following failures or disasters.

ISC2’s Code of Ethics requires candidates to report violations through proper channels to preserve exam integrity.

A security incident is an event that threatens or violates CIA principles. Not all incidents result in breaches.