Question

Which of them is not a reason for competitive information gathering?

(a) Compare your product with competitors

(b) Analyze the market position of yours with competitors

(c) Fetching confidential plans about your competitors

(d) Pull out a list of your competitive firms in the market

This question was addressed to me in an internship interview.

Query is from Information Gathering Phase & Techniques in portion Phases of Security of Cyber Security

Answer 1

Right answer is (c) Fetching confidential plans about your competitors

Best explanation: Fetching confidential plans about your competitors’ is not the work of ethical hackers hired for competitive information gathering. Also fetching such type of confidential information is a crime.