Exam CISSP-ISSAP topic 2 question 118 discussion

The types of access control attacks are: A. Dictionary attack C. Spoofing D. Brute force attack Explanation: A. Dictionary attack: Attempting to gain unauthorized access to a system by systematically trying all words in a dictionary. C. Spoofing: Impersonating another user or system to gain unauthorized access or deceive the target. D. Brute force attack: Attempting to gain unauthorized access by trying all possible combinations of passwords or encryption keys.

That was a random guess for the right answer? I don't know how mail bombing is related to access controls

all except mail bombing

In CISSP for dummies the first access control attack listed is a dictionary attack. Agreed, mail bombing is a DoS attack.

Answer should be A, C, D