Systems Security Certified Practitioner – SSCP – Question0289

Which of the following are NOT a countermeasure to traffic analysis?

A.
Padding messages.
B. Eavesdropping.
C. Sending noise.
D. Faraday Cage

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

Eavesdropping is not a countermeasure, it is a type of attack where you are collecting traffic and attempting to see what is being send between entities communicating with each other.
The following answers are incorrect:
Padding Messages. Is incorrect because it is considered a countermeasure you make messages uniform size, padding can be used to counter this kind of attack, in which decoy traffic is sent out over the network to disguise patterns and make it more difficult to uncover patterns. Sending Noise. Is incorrect because it is considered a countermeasure, tansmitting non-informational data elements to disguise real data.
Faraday Cage Is incorrect because it is a tool used to prevent emanation of electromagnetic waves. It is a very effective tool to prevent traffic analysis.