Free CompTIA CySA+ CS0-003 Practice Question

During a routine review, a security analyst observes large data transfers occurring outside of business hours from a high-level executive's account to an unknown external server. The executive usually accesses sensitive financial records during standard business hours. Which of the following actions should the analyst investigate as a priority to determine if this is an incident?

  • Verify if the executive was actually responsible for the transfers

  • Examine the firewall rules for any recent changes

  • Check the integrity of backup files for possible corruption

  • Immediately change the executive account's password

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CompTIA CySA+ CS0-003 / 
Security Operations
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