100-160 Exam Dumps - Cisco Certified Support Technician (CCST) Cybersecurity

According to theCCST Cybersecuritycourse, Windows Event Viewer’sSecurity logsrecord authentication-related events that can help identify password-guessing attempts (also known as brute force attacks).

"The Account logon failure event indicates that an authentication attempt has failed, which may suggest incorrect credentials were used. Multiple such events in a short time frame can indicate a brute-force attack. The Account lockout success event confirms that an account has been locked due to repeated failed logon attempts, which further supports the suspicion of password-guessing attacks."

(CCST Cybersecurity,Incident Handling, Monitoring and Analyzing Security Events section, Cisco Networking Academy)

Object access failurerelates to unauthorized attempts to open or modify files, not login attempts.

Account logon failure (B)shows failed login attempts due to invalid credentials.

Account lockout success (C)confirms that repeated login failures have triggered a lockout.

Account logoff successis a normal event and does not indicate malicious activity.

TheCCST Cybersecuritycourse notes that isolation is a key part of thecontainment phaseof incident response. The goal is to prevent the compromised system from communicating with the attacker or spreading malware, while preserving it for analysis.

"Containment often involves removing an affected system from the production network and connecting it to a controlled forensic environment to preserve evidence and prevent further compromise."

(CCST Cybersecurity,Incident Handling, Containment Procedures section, Cisco Networking Academy)

TheCCST Cybersecurity Study Guidestates that vulnerability scanning is an automated process used to identify known security weaknesses in systems, software, and network devices. These scans compare system configurations and software versions against databases of known vulnerabilities, such as the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) list.

"A vulnerability scan is an automated test that checks systems and networks for known weaknesses by matching them against a database of vulnerabilities such as CVEs. This allows administrators to identify exploitable conditions before they are leveraged by attackers."

(CCST Cybersecurity,Vulnerability Assessment and Risk Management, Vulnerability Scanning section, Cisco Networking Academy)

Ais asset discovery, not vulnerability scanning.

Bmay be part of remediation planning but is not the primary purpose.

Cis correct: Scans detect if systems have vulnerabilities associated with CVEs.

Ddescribes SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) log correlation, not vulnerability scanning.

TheCCST Cybersecurity Study Guidedescribes theDiamond Model of Intrusion Analysisas a framework to map the relationships between four core features of an intrusion:

Adversary– The threat actor or group conducting the attack.

Example: Ransomware Group

Capability– The tools, techniques, or malware the adversary uses.

Example: Phishing Email, Malware

Infrastructure– The physical or logical communication and delivery systems the adversary uses.

Example: Email Server, Domain Name

Victim– The target of the attack, such as systems, organizations, or individuals.

Example: Customer and Product Databases

"The Diamond Model helps analysts connect the attacker, the tools they use, the infrastructure supporting the attack, and the victim, providing a holistic view of the intrusion event."

(CCST Cybersecurity,Incident Handling, Threat Modeling section, Cisco Networking Academy)

According to theCCST Cybersecuritycourse, anti-malware solutions withreal-time protectionscan files as they are downloaded or opened, blocking malicious code before it runs.

"Real-time protection automatically inspects files, applications, and scripts as they are accessed or downloaded, preventing execution of malicious code."

(CCST Cybersecurity,Endpoint Security Concepts, Malware Protection section, Cisco Networking Academy)