What is a characteristic of a probabilistic analysis in an alert evaluation?
- each event an inevitable result of antecedent causes
- precise methods that yield the same result every time by relying on predefined conditions
- random variables that create difficulty in knowing the outcome of any given event with certainty
- analysis of applications that conform to application/networking standards
Explanation: Statistical techniques can be used to evaluate the risk that exploits will be successful in a given network. This type of analysis can help decision makers to better evaluate the cost of mitigating a threat and the damage that an exploit could cause. Two general approaches used to do this are as follows:
- Deterministic Analysis: For an exploit to be successful, all prior steps in the exploit must also be successful. The cybersecurity analyst knows the steps for a successful exploit.
- Probabilistic Analysis: Statistical techniques are used to determine the probability that a successful exploit will occur based on the likelihood that each step in the exploit will succeed.
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