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Domain 1Objective 4

1.4 Identify and Describe Alert Sources and Corresponding Actions XSIAM-ANALYST Practice Questions (Page 1)

Part of the Alerting and Detection Processes domain, which accounts for 19% of the XSIAM-ANALYST exam.

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6free pages
7concepts
19%of the exam

Questions 1–5

  1. 1expert · hard

    A security analyst is investigating an alert that was generated when a user clicked a link in a phishing email, which led to a download of a file, and then the file executed and made a network connection. The alert was created by combining the email event, the file download, and the network connection. Which alert source generated this alert?

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  2. 2application · medium

    An organization has deployed the XDR Agent on all endpoints. The security team wants to receive alerts when an endpoint exhibits unusual behavior, such as a process attempting to access multiple sensitive files in a short period, even if no known malicious indicator is present. Which alert source will provide this capability?

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  3. 3application · medium

    A security analyst is reviewing two alerts in XSIAM. The first alert was generated because a process executed a sequence of commands that matched a known attack technique. The second alert was generated because three separate low-severity alerts occurred on the same host within a five-minute window. Which alert sources are responsible for these alerts, respectively?

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  4. 4expert · hard

    An organization has a mix of endpoints with and without the XDR Agent installed. They want to ensure that all endpoints are monitored for local behavioral anomalies, such as unusual process execution. Which approach should they take?

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  5. 5application · medium

    An IOC alert is triggered because a known malicious IP address communicated with an internal host. The security team wants to take action. Which action is most appropriate?

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