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ISC2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) Practice Question

During a quarterly risk review, a security analyst must update the organization's risk register with newly discovered indicators of compromise (IOCs). From recent monitoring data, the analyst notes the following observations. Which observation is an IOC that should be entered into the register?

  • A SHA-256 hash on a workstation executable that exactly matches a malware signature published by a trusted threat-intelligence feed

  • Multiple external IP addresses sequentially probing TCP port 22 on the company's firewall over a ten-minute window

  • Daily backup jobs creating successful completion entries in the enterprise backup logs

  • A documented server hardening baseline stating that all Windows servers must have SMBv1 disabled

ISC2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP)
Risk Identification, Monitoring and Analysis
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