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Cybersecurityknowledge~10 mins

Why ethical hacking validates defenses in Cybersecurity - Test Your Understanding

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Practice - 5 Tasks
Answer the questions below
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easy

Complete the sentence to explain why ethical hacking is important.

Cybersecurity
Ethical hacking helps organizations find [1] before attackers do.
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Aprofits
Bemployees
Cvulnerabilities
Dsoftware
Attempts:
3 left
💡 Hint
Common Mistakes
Choosing 'profits' or 'employees' which are unrelated to hacking.
2fill in blank
medium

Complete the sentence to describe what ethical hackers simulate.

Cybersecurity
Ethical hackers simulate [1] attacks to test defenses.
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Asoftware
Bcybersecurity
Cfriendly
Dreal
Attempts:
3 left
💡 Hint
Common Mistakes
Choosing 'friendly' which does not describe attack type.
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hard

Fix the error in the sentence about ethical hacking's goal.

Cybersecurity
The goal of ethical hacking is to [1] security weaknesses before they are exploited.
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Afind
Bhide
Cignore
Dcreate
Attempts:
3 left
💡 Hint
Common Mistakes
Choosing 'ignore' or 'hide' which are opposite of the goal.
4fill in blank
hard

Fill both blanks to explain how ethical hacking helps improve security.

Cybersecurity
Ethical hacking provides [1] about system weaknesses and [2] to fix them.
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Ainformation
Bsoftware
Crecommendations
Dhardware
Attempts:
3 left
💡 Hint
Common Mistakes
Choosing 'software' or 'hardware' which are not types of feedback.
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hard

Fill all three blanks to complete the explanation of ethical hacking benefits.

Cybersecurity
By [1] attacks, ethical hackers help [2] defenses and [3] risks.
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Asimulating
Bstrengthen
Creduce
Dignoring
Attempts:
3 left
💡 Hint
Common Mistakes
Choosing 'ignoring' which is the opposite of the goal.