An employee who has resigned copies a large part of the client database to a personal cloud account during their last week. What category of threat is this, and which control helps detect it?
Un employé démissionnaire copie une grande partie de la base de données clients vers un compte cloud personnel pendant sa dernière semaine. De quelle catégorie de menace s'agit-il, et quel contrôle aide à la détecter ?
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AAn outside hacker, caught by the perimeter firewallUn pirate extérieur, repéré par le pare-feu périmétrique
BAn insider threat, caught by data loss preventionUne menace interne, repérée par la prévention des fuites de données
CA zero-day flaw, caught by applying the latest patchesUne faille zero-day, repérée en appliquant les derniers correctifs
DA DDoS attack, caught by the internet providerUne attaque DDoS, repérée par le fournisseur d'accès
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