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GIAC Cloud Threat Detection

Domain 3Objective 1

Automated Detection and Response GCTD Practice Questions (Page 4)

Part of the Cloud Threat Detection and Response domain, which makes up ~25% of our current practice bank. GIAC (SANS) does not publish an official question count, but from its 120-minute exam (~50–80 total, ~13–20 in this domain), expect 4–7 from this objective — we provide 43 practice questions to prepare you well beyond it. (estimate)

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Questions 16–20

  1. 16foundation · easy

    What does 'response time' measure in the context of automated detection and response?

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  2. 17foundation · easy

    Which service is a cloud-native threat detection service provided by AWS?

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  3. 18application · medium

    An organization uses AWS GuardDuty and wants to integrate findings with their SOAR platform to automate incident response. They need to ensure that only high-severity findings trigger automated actions. Which integration approach is correct?

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  4. 19foundation · easy

    Why should a playbook include an approval process for certain actions?

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  5. 20application · medium

    A SOC manager wants to evaluate the effectiveness of a new detection rule that was deployed last month. The rule is designed to detect unusual PowerShell activity. The manager has access to the SIEM's alert data. Which metric is most useful for determining if the rule is generating too many false positives?

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