Question

The _____________________threat arises when messages are intercepted and altered by a malicious service agent, thereby potentially compromising the message's confidentiality and/or integrity.

a. security policy disparity
b. security controls
c. malicious intermediary
d. malicious insiders

Answer 1

The answer is c. malicious intermediary. This is a part of the security threat that would arise if the messages are being intercepted or altered by the malicious agent and would then interfere the confidentiality of a message. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

The malicious intermediary threat arises when messages are intercepted and altered by a malicious service agent, thereby potentially compromising the message's confidentiality and/or integrity. Correct answer: C
The malicious service agent intercepts and modifies a message sent by a cloud service consumer to a cloud service (not shown) being hosted on a virtual server. It is a security threat which is especially relevant to cloud computing.