An organization wants to uncover hidden processes and user privilege misconfigurations on servers that cannot be detected through remote methods. Elevated credentials are available for each system. Which assessment technique would best detect these issues?
Local analysis with elevated credentials allows deeper inspection of the system, such as examining local file systems, running processes, and security configurations. Remote checks, port mapping without user rights, or traffic interception do not reveal internal misconfigurations or hidden processes that can be found by examining the system directly. By authenticating and examining the server from within, the assessor can spot file permission errors, unauthorized users, or processes that remain unseen externally.
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