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What attack is the employee trying to protect against?

An employee ensures all cables are shielded, builds concrete walls that extend from the true floor to the true
ceiling and installs a white noise generator. What attack is the employee trying to protect against?

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A.
Emanation Attacks

B.
Social Engineering

C.
Object reuse

D.
Wiretapping

Explanation:
Shielding is used to protect against electromagnetic emanation by reducing the size and strength of the
propagated field. This makes shielding an effective method for decreasing or eliminating the interference and
crosstalk. White noise is also used to protect against electromagnetic emanation. It achieves this by drowning
out the small signal emanations that could normally be identified and used by unauthorized users to steal data.
Incorrect Answers:
B: Shielding and white noise are not countermeasures to Social Engineering.
C: To protect against object reuse issues, you should wipe data from the subject media before reuse.
D: Shielding and white noise are not countermeasures to Wiretapping.

Miller, David R, CISSP Training Kit, O’Reilly Media, 2013, Sebastopol, pp. 261, 262, 689
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_engineering_(security)
http://people.howstuffworks.com/wiretapping.htm


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