SANS 578 book 1 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
counterintelligence - CORRECT ANSWER - Identification, assessment, neutralization and
exploration of intelligence activities of adversarial groups
Intelligence - CORRECT ANSWER - The collecting and processing of information about
a competitive entity and its agents, needed by an organization or group for its security and well
being
Carbanak 2106 => beyond - CORRECT ANSWER - Targeting - hotels, retail, restaurants
New C2 - google groups = docs/forms
-checks google doc to see if (vi) was already on the sheet
-> if not - than would add (vi) to the form/sheet
Carabank - CORRECT ANSWER - APT group mods "carbrep" = carbanak
Found in Russian and Ukraine / over 100 banks
Still active today
Carberp (malware) - CORRECT ANSWER - - 2010
- Russian cyber crime scene
- sniff traffics, steal certs, keylogging
(*) source code was 'sold' = super rare
Capable CTI - CORRECT ANSWER - - fully analyze successful/unsuccessful intrusions
- Construct descriptions of complaints,actor organization
, - seek out, collect, properly exploit intel / others
- generate intel from own data source
- manage intel to further objectives of their organization
Kent's analytic doctrine - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Focus on policy maker concerns
2. Avoidance of personal policy agenda
3. Intellectual rigor
4. Conscious effort to avoid analytical bias
5. Willingness to consider other judgments
6. Systemic use of outside experts
7. Collective responsibility for judgment
8. Effective communication of policy-support information and judgments
9. Candid admissions of mistakes
Data driven analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - - accuracy is based on the datasets accuracy
/ completeness
- logically driven / easily understood by other analysts
- Requires good datasets / straightforward problems
Conceptually driven analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - - numerous unknowns and
undefined variables and relationships
- often immediate interrogation of complex concepts
- accuracy is driven by mental models and feedback over time
Mosaic theory of analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - - disparate information comes together
to tell the right story
- rarely practical / heavily based on analysts interpretation
- inappropriate belief that there is only one mosaic to make
Questions and CORRECT Answers
counterintelligence - CORRECT ANSWER - Identification, assessment, neutralization and
exploration of intelligence activities of adversarial groups
Intelligence - CORRECT ANSWER - The collecting and processing of information about
a competitive entity and its agents, needed by an organization or group for its security and well
being
Carbanak 2106 => beyond - CORRECT ANSWER - Targeting - hotels, retail, restaurants
New C2 - google groups = docs/forms
-checks google doc to see if (vi) was already on the sheet
-> if not - than would add (vi) to the form/sheet
Carabank - CORRECT ANSWER - APT group mods "carbrep" = carbanak
Found in Russian and Ukraine / over 100 banks
Still active today
Carberp (malware) - CORRECT ANSWER - - 2010
- Russian cyber crime scene
- sniff traffics, steal certs, keylogging
(*) source code was 'sold' = super rare
Capable CTI - CORRECT ANSWER - - fully analyze successful/unsuccessful intrusions
- Construct descriptions of complaints,actor organization
, - seek out, collect, properly exploit intel / others
- generate intel from own data source
- manage intel to further objectives of their organization
Kent's analytic doctrine - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Focus on policy maker concerns
2. Avoidance of personal policy agenda
3. Intellectual rigor
4. Conscious effort to avoid analytical bias
5. Willingness to consider other judgments
6. Systemic use of outside experts
7. Collective responsibility for judgment
8. Effective communication of policy-support information and judgments
9. Candid admissions of mistakes
Data driven analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - - accuracy is based on the datasets accuracy
/ completeness
- logically driven / easily understood by other analysts
- Requires good datasets / straightforward problems
Conceptually driven analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - - numerous unknowns and
undefined variables and relationships
- often immediate interrogation of complex concepts
- accuracy is driven by mental models and feedback over time
Mosaic theory of analysis - CORRECT ANSWER - - disparate information comes together
to tell the right story
- rarely practical / heavily based on analysts interpretation
- inappropriate belief that there is only one mosaic to make
