GIAC (SANS)

GIAC Defending Advanced Threats

GDAT

The GIAC Defending Advanced Threats (GDAT) certification validates a practitioner’s command of both offensive and defensive security domains in depth. It prepares blue, red, and purple team professionals to prevent, detect, and respond to traditional and APT-style attacks by understanding how advanced adversaries operate. Earning GDAT demonstrates you can improve your IT environment to better defend against sophisticated threats.

Practice Free Questions

5Domains

10Objectives

86Practice pages

417Free questions

GDAT free practice questions

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Payload Delivery

33 questions · 7 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–33

Payload Execution

44 questions · 9 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–44

Application Exploitation

44 questions · 9 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–44

Installation

43 questions · 9 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–43

Lateral Movement

42 questions · 9 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–42

Active Directory/Domains

38 questions · 8 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–38

Administrative Access

40 questions · 8 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40

Data Exfiltration

45 questions · 9 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45

Adversary Emulation

35 questions · 7 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35

Reconnaissance, Threat Handling, and Incident Response

53 questions · 11 pages

Questions 1–5 6–10 11–15 16–20 21–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–50 51–53

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GIAC Defending Advanced Threats

GDAT free practice questions

Domain 1 · Initial Access and Execution29% of practice bank · 3 objectives · 121 questions29%

Domain 2 · Post-Exploitation and Movement29% of practice bank · 3 objectives · 123 questions29%

Domain 3 · Credential and Privilege Management10% of practice bank · 1 objectives · 40 questions10%

Domain 4 · Exfiltration and Emulation19% of practice bank · 2 objectives · 80 questions19%

Domain 5 · Defense and Response13% of practice bank · 1 objectives · 53 questions13%