Tool for Detecting Unauthorized Email Access
Question
The Chief Information Officer (CISO) is concerned that certain systems administrators will privileged access may be reading other users' emails.
Review of a tool's output shows the administrators have used web mail to log into other users' inboxes.
Which of the following tools would show this type of output?
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The correct answer is A. Log analysis tool.
A log analysis tool is used to review log files generated by various systems and applications in an organization. These log files contain information about events, such as system activities, user activities, and security-related events. The log analysis tool can be used to identify security incidents, troubleshoot issues, and provide insights into system performance.
In this scenario, the CISO suspects that certain systems administrators may be accessing other users' emails without authorization. A log analysis tool would be able to analyze the log files generated by the email system and identify if any administrators have accessed other users' inboxes.
Webmail access logs can be analyzed to determine which users accessed which email accounts, and when. This information can be cross-referenced with the list of system administrators to determine if any of them accessed other users' email accounts without a valid reason.
The other answer options, such as password cracker, command-line tool, and file integrity monitoring tool, are not relevant to the scenario described in the question.
Password cracker is a tool used to crack passwords or guess passwords. It is not applicable to the scenario described in the question.
Command-line tool is a general term for a tool used to interact with the operating system using text commands. It is not specific to the scenario described in the question.
File integrity monitoring tool is used to monitor changes to files and directories in the system. It is not relevant to the scenario described in the question, as it does not provide information about user activity in the email system.
