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Which SecOps element includes external functions to help achieve goals? - Interfaces Which SecOp element includes capabilities needed to provide visibility and enable people? - Technology Which main function of SecOps stops the attack? - Mitigate SecOps content engineering is the function that builds alerting profiles which identify the alerts that will be forwarded for investigation. - True Which type of SecOps gathered data includes the complete contents of an item, without change or modification? - Forensic Which SecOps Identify function defines the event prioritization based on impact to the business to help guide the analyst's actions through the incident response lifecycle? - Severity Triage Which SecOps Investigate function provides the data needed to perform the different types of investigation from severity triage to detailed analysis and hunting? - Forensics and Telemetry Which SecOps Improve function is rooted in revisiting prior incidents and asking how these incidents can be better prevented or mitigated in the future? - Capability Improvement Which SOC Infrastructure tool is used as a central repository to ingest logs from all corporate-owned systems. SIEMs collect and process audit trails, activity logs, security alarms, telemetry, metadata, and other historical or observational data from a variety of different applications, systems, and networks in an enterprise? - SIEM Security Operations infrastructure includes a security information and event management (SIEM) platform, analysis tools, and SOC engineering. - True Which SOC function allows for accelerated incident response through the execution of standardized and automated playbooks that work upon inputs from security technology and other data flows? - SOAR Which SOC feature helps ensure consistency through machine-driven responses to security issues? - Automation Which SOC tool allows an organization to define incident analysis and response procedures in a digital workflow format. - SOAR Which SOC team is responsible for the implementation and ongoing maintenance of the SecOps team's tools, including the SIEM and analysis tools? - Engineering SecOps engineering tools are often based on machine learning, deep learning, and artificial intelligence— that provide either stand-alone, embedded, or add-on functionality to detect evidence of a security compromise. - False SOC playbooks coordinate across technologies, security teams, and external users for centralized data visibility and action - True Before a file runs, the Cortex XDR agent queries WildFire with the hash of any Windows, macOS, or Linux executable file, as well as any dynamic link library (DLL) or Office macro, to assess its standing within the global threat community. WildFire returns a near-instantaneous verdict on whether a file is malicious or benign. - True In addition to third-party feeds, Cortex XDR uses the intelligence obtained from tens of thousands of subscribers to the Palo Alto Networks WildFire malware prevention service to continuously aggregate threat data and maintain the collective immunity of all users across endpoints, networks, and cloud applications. - True Which Cortex XDR WIldfire analysis technique detonates previously unknown submissions in a custom- built, evasion-resistant virtual environment to determine real-world effects and behavior? - Dynamic Which remediation endpoint action disables all network access on compromised endpoints except for traffic to the Cortex XDR management console, preventing these endpoints from communicating with and potentially infecting other endpoints? - Isolate Endpoints The Cortex XDR agent uses multiple methods - such as local analysis, WildFire inspection and analysis, Gatekeeper enhancements, trusted publisher identification, and administrator override policies - to block malware on macOS systems. - True Which Cortex XDR component is designed to minimize the operational challenges associated with protecting your endpoints? - Management Console Which three options are threat intelligence sources for AutoFocus? A. WildFire B. URL Filtering with PAN-DB Service C. Unit 42 Threat Intelligence and Research Team D. Third-Party Intrusion Prevention Systems - A,B,C

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Security Operations Fundamentals
(SOF) Questions And Answers




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, Which SecOps element includes external functions to help achieve goals? - Interfaces

Which SecOp element includes capabilities needed to provide visibility and enable people? -
Technology




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Which main function of SecOps stops the attack? - Mitigate

SecOps content engineering is the function that builds alerting profiles which identify the alerts




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that will be forwarded for investigation. - True

Which type of SecOps gathered data includes the complete contents of an item, without change
or modification? - Forensic



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Which SecOps Identify function defines the event prioritization based on impact to the business
to help guide the analyst's actions through the incident response lifecycle? - Severity Triage
LA
Which SecOps Investigate function provides the data needed to perform the different types of
investigation from severity triage to detailed analysis and hunting? - Forensics and Telemetry

Which SecOps Improve function is rooted in revisiting prior incidents and asking how these
incidents can be better prevented or mitigated in the future? - Capability Improvement
C

Which SOC Infrastructure tool is used as a central repository to ingest logs from all
corporate-owned systems. SIEMs collect and process audit trails, activity logs, security alarms,
telemetry, metadata, and other historical or observational data from a variety of different
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applications, systems, and networks in an enterprise? - SIEM

Security Operations infrastructure includes a security information and event management
D



(SIEM) platform, analysis tools, and SOC engineering. - True

Which SOC function allows for accelerated incident response through the execution of
standardized and automated playbooks that work upon inputs from security technology and
other data flows? - SOAR

Which SOC feature helps ensure consistency through machine-driven responses to security
issues? - Automation

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