GIAC Cybersecurity Technologies Practice Test 2025 – Complete Exam Prep

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Which of the following risk areas are targeted by DDoS attacks?

Confidentiality

Integrity

Encryption

Availability

DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks specifically aim to disrupt the availability of a service, system, or network. During a DDoS attack, multiple compromised systems overwhelm a target's resources, leading to service degradation or complete unavailability. This aligns directly with the principle of availability in the CIA triad (Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability), which emphasizes the need for systems to remain accessible to authorized users.

By flooding the target with excessive traffic, DDoS attacks diminish the legitimate users’ ability to access services, effectively making them unavailable. This focus on overwhelming and incapacitating services highlights why availability is the targeted risk area in these attacks.

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