Exam CISSP Topic 5 Question 1377 Discussion

Actual exam question for ISC's CISSP exam
Question #: 1377
Topic #: 5
A pen register is a:

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(Electronic Privacy Information Center, Approvals for Federal
Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices 1987-1998, www.epic.
org). Gathering information as to which numbers are dialed from a
specific telephone line is less costly and time-consuming than
installing a wiretap and recording the information.
* There is also equipment that can record the information listed in answers "Device that identifies the cell in which a mobile phone is operating" and "Device that records the URLs accessed by an individual".
* The device referred to in answer "Device that records the caller-ID of incoming calls" is called a trap-and-trace device.
All of the answers in this question are a subset of the category of traffic analysis wherein patterns and frequency associated with communications are studied instead of the content of the communications.

by Ronald at Jun 26, 2026, 12:48 PM

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