In SIEM software, a security analysis selected some changes to hash signatures from monitored files during the night followed by SMB brute-force attacks against the file servers Based on this behavior, which of the following actions should be taken FIRST to prevent a more serious compromise?

Which of the following would MOST likely be included in the incident response procedure after a security breach of customer PII?

An organization's internal department frequently uses a cloud provider to store large amounts of sensitive dat a. A threat actor has deployed a virtual machine to at the use of the cloud hosted hypervisor, the threat actor has escalated the access rights. Which of the following actions would be BEST to remediate the vulnerability?

During the security assessment of a new application, a tester attempts to log in to the application but receives the following message incorrect password for given username. Which of the following can the tester recommend to decrease the likelihood that a malicious attacker will receive helpful information?

A Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is concerned about the company's intellectual property being leaked to competitors. The security team performed an extensive review but did not find any indication of an outside breach. The data sets are currently encrypted using the Triple Data Encryption Algorithm. Which of the following courses of action is appropriate?