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ISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) Practice Question

During a security incident you gain temporary console access to a still-running Linux virtual machine in a public IaaS cloud. You believe the attacker used the host for lateral movement and want to preserve evidence before the VM is powered off by the adversary. Following the standard order-of-volatility guideline for cloud forensic data collection, which action should you perform first?

  • Export the hypervisor host's configuration files and firmware version details.

  • Acquire a live memory image of the VM, including its active processes and network connections.

  • Create a point-in-time snapshot of the virtual disk attached to the instance.

  • Download the last 24 hours of virtual network flow logs from object storage.

ISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
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