Dell EMC Associate – Information Storage and Management v5 — Question 70

What occurs during a Shared Technology Vulnerability threat?

Answer options

• A. An attacker exploits the weaknesses of tools used to enable multi-tenancy.
• B. An attacker exhausts network bandwidth or CPU cycles.
• C. An attacker gains access to an administrator's, user's or system account.
• D. An attacker avoids applications that are already approved by an IT organization.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer, A, highlights that the threat involves exploiting vulnerabilities in tools that facilitate multi-tenancy. Options B, C, and D describe different types of attacks that do not specifically relate to the shared technology context. B refers to resource exhaustion, C to unauthorized access, and D to evasion of approved applications, none of which define the Shared Technology Vulnerability threat.