In a Splunk SOAR playbook, what is the typical first step after an alert is triggered?

Automatically delete the alert from Splunk

Normalize and enrich the alert data with additional context

A Splunk administrator is managing a deployment that has grown significantly over the past year. The indexers are running out of disk space, and the compliance team requires that security event data be retained for at least 18 months. The administrator needs to balance storage capacity with retention requirements. Which approach should the administrator take?

Increase the indexer retention period to 18 months and add more disk space to the indexers.

Reduce the retention period to 6 months and rely on backups for compliance purposes.

Delete all data older than 6 months and configure the forwarders to stop sending data to the indexers.

Configure a data retention policy that archives older data to cheaper storage, such as Amazon S3, while keeping 18 months of data searchable.

What is the purpose of setting a data retention policy in Splunk?

To increase the speed of data ingestion

To format the data for visualization

To control how long indexed data is kept before it is deleted or archived

To restrict which users can access the data

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Questions 21–25

21foundation · easy
In a Splunk SOAR playbook, what is the typical first step after an alert is triggered?
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22expert · hard
A Splunk administrator is managing a deployment that has grown significantly over the past year. The indexers are running out of disk space, and the compliance team requires that security event data be retained for at least 18 months. The administrator needs to balance storage capacity with retention requirements. Which approach should the administrator take?
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23foundation · easy
Which Splunk configuration file is used to define data inputs, such as monitoring a log file or receiving syslog data?
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24foundation · easy
What is the purpose of setting a data retention policy in Splunk?
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25foundation · easy
Which Splunk component is primarily responsible for storing and indexing incoming data to make it searchable?
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Questions 21–25

In a Splunk SOAR playbook, what is the typical first step after an alert is triggered?

Which Splunk configuration file is used to define data inputs, such as monitoring a log file or receiving syslog data?

What is the purpose of setting a data retention policy in Splunk?

Which Splunk component is primarily responsible for storing and indexing incoming data to make it searchable?

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