NIST CSF Practice Question: What is anomaly-based detection? | CyberCertPrep
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What is anomaly-based detection?
A.Identifying deviations from established normal behavior patterns that may indicate security threats
B.Detecting physical anomalies
C.Finding anomalies in security policies
D.Detecting hardware malfunctions
Why A is correct
Anomaly-based detection identifies unusual patterns that deviate from established baselines, capable of detecting unknown threats but prone to false positives.
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Where this fits in the NIST CSF exam
Detect Function
NIST CSF Detect function: continuous monitoring, anomaly and event detection, and detection processes.
This question belongs to the "Detect" domain, which makes up about 20% of the NIST CSF exam.
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