Exam SY0-601 topic 1 question 459 discussion

OSINT stands for Open Source Intelligence and refers to the practice of collecting information from published or otherwise publicly available sources. OSINT tools are utilities that either seek out information from public sources or organize that data into a meaningful format that identifies deeper information in the form of a collection than can be gleaned from individual data instances. In this context, theHarvester would be the best application for the analyst to use as it is an OSINT tool designed to gather information about company data that may be available publicly.

A. theHarvester

What fouserd said. Cuckoo is a malware analysis tool that can be used to analyze and detect malware in a safe sandboxed environment. Nmap is a network exploration and port scanning tool, while Nessus is a vulnerability scanner that helps to identify vulnerabilities in a network. While these tools may have other use cases in security, they are not specifically designed for gathering information to verify whether company data is available publicly.

-A is correct The best application for a security analyst to use to gather information to verify whether company data is available publicly is theHarvester.