Which of the following would be the BEST methods to prepare this report?

The board of a financial services company has requested that the senior security analyst acts as a cybersecurity advisor in order to comply with recent federal legislation. The analyst is required to give a report on current cybersecurity and threat trends in the financial services industry at the next board meeting .

Which of the following would be the BEST methods to prepare this report? (Choose two.)
A . Review the CVE database for critical exploits over the past year
B . Use social media to contact industry analysts
C . Use intelligence gathered from the Internet relay chat channels
D . Request information from security vendors and government agencies
E . Perform a penetration test of the competitor’s network and share the results with the board

Answer: A,D