Which of the following BEST describes the concept of persistence in the context of penetration testing?

Which of the following BEST describes the concept of persistence in the context of penetration testing?
A . The capability of maintaining service availability during a sustained DDoS attack providing persistent service
B . The property of a system used by penetration testers to exploit long-running network connections
C . The state where an attacker can interact with a network host’s Internet-facing resources at will
D . The ability of an attacker to retain access to a system despite the best efforts to dislodge an attacker.

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Answer: D