A security analyst wishes to scan the network to view potentially vulnerable systems the way an attacker would. Which of the following would BEST enable the analyst to complete the objective?
The provided answer is correct.
Non-credentialed: A non-credentialed scan will monitor the network and see any vulnerabilities that an attacker would easily find; we should fix the vulnerabilities found with a non-credentialed scan first, as this is what the hacker will see when they enter your network. For example, an administrator runs a non-credentialed scan on the network and finds that there are three missing patches. The scan does not provide many details on these missing patches. The administrator installs the missing patches to keep the systems up to date as they can only operate on the information produced for them.
Credentialed scan: A credentialed scan is a much safer version of the vulnerability scanner. It provides more detailed information than a non-credentialed scan. You can also set up the auditing of files and user permissions.
I believe the answer is not B (someone with more experience will tell me if I am right or wrong) as depending on the logical and physical sec set up of the net. An intrusive scan is very intensive meaning to a well protected network it is obvious and can be mitigated against. Whereas a non-credentialized scan is like in 'the background' it is not obvious to the network that the scan is being conducted.
The given answer is correct(Non Credentialed scan) .The key here is "way an attacker would".
In a typical hacking scenario the attacker wont be using any major credentials to login to the system inorder to carry out a vulnerability test.so if u do something similar to the hacker or attacker u are likely not to use any credentials
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