Your manager read about a replay attack and is worried a hacker will try to use it on your network. What type of concern is this?

Question

Group of answer choices

Integrity

Confidentiality

Availability

Authentication

Answer 1

The concern your manager has regarding a replay attack primarily relates to Authentication.

A replay attack involves an adversary capturing and then retransmitting valid data transmissions, which can compromise the authentication process of a user or a system. This type of attack can lead to unauthorized access or impersonation, thus undermining the trust in the authentication mechanisms in place.

To briefly touch on the other options:

• Integrity concerns whether the data has been altered during transmission.
• Confidentiality relates to the protection of data from unauthorized access.
• Availability focuses on ensuring that the systems and data are accessible to authorized users when needed.

So in this case, the correct answer is Authentication.