A security analyst is adding input to the incident response communication plan. A company officer has suggested that if a data breach occurs, only affected parties should be notified to keep an incident from becoming a media headline. Which of the following should the analyst recommend to the company officer?
A. The first responder should contact law enforcement upon confirmation of a security incident in order for a forensics team to preserve chain of custody.
B. Guidance from laws and regulations should be considered when deciding who must be notified in order to avoid fines and judgements from non-compliance.
C. An externally hosted website should be prepared in advance to ensure that when an incident occurs victims have timely access to notifications from a noncompromised recourse.
D. The HR department should have information security personnel who are involved in the investigation of the incident sign non-disclosure agreements so the company cannot be held liable for customer data that might be viewed during an investigation.
Answer: A
A company has recently launched a new billing invoice website for a few key vendors. The cybersecurity analyst is receiving calls that the website is performing slowly and the pages sometimes time out. The analyst notices the website is receiving millions of requests, causing the service to become unavailable. Which of the following can be implemented to maintain the availability of the website?
A. VPN
B. Honeypot
C. Whitelisting
D. DMZ
E. MAC filtering
Answer: C
