In an offensive operation, a penetration tester has completed the reconnaissance phase and is about to begin network scanning. What is the primary purpose of the network scanning phase?

To identify live hosts, open ports, and running services on target systems

To gather publicly available information about the target organization without direct interaction

To establish persistence and maintain access after a successful compromise

To exploit vulnerabilities found on target systems to gain initial access

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Network Scanning and Vulnerability Detection GOAA Practice Questions (Page 8)

Part of the AI-Driven Offensive Operations domain, which makes up ~40% of our current practice bank. GIAC (SANS) does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~20–32 in this domain), expect 5–8 from this objective — we provide 36 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Network Scanning and Vulnerability Detection GOAA Practice Questions (Page 8)

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In an offensive operation, a penetration tester has completed the reconnaissance phase and is about to begin network scanning. What is the primary purpose of the network scanning phase?

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