Question

Ben is working in an IT services organization that uses the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) functional impact categories to describe the impact of incidents. During a recent construction project, a contractor plugged a network device to the same switch twice, resulting in a network loop and taking down the organization's network for one-third of its users. Which functional impact category should Ben use to classify the event given in the scenario

Answer 1

Answer:

Medium

Explanation:

The functional impact category in NCCIC Cyber Incident scoring system considers incident impact to the organization. This category isn't severe and can result from such things as minor network breakdowns in the organization. It is given a priority score according to the scoring system of medium which is yellow in the priority level.