6.6 Validate and Monitor Asset Inventory XSIAM-ANALYST Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6expert · hard

   An organization has a highly dynamic environment where virtual machines are created and destroyed frequently. The XSIAM asset inventory is often out of date, showing VMs that no longer exist. The security team needs to ensure the inventory is accurate for compliance reporting. What is the best strategy to address this challenge?

   • AIncrease the frequency of asset discovery to near real-time.
   • BManually review and update the inventory at the end of each day.
   • CDisable the inventory for virtual machines to avoid inaccuracies.
   • DIntegrate XSIAM with the virtualization management platform to automatically sync asset lifecycle events.
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2. 7application · medium

   An analyst notices that the XSIAM asset inventory shows a new laptop that was never officially provisioned. The laptop has been actively sending network traffic for the past hour. What should the analyst do first?

   • ATreat the laptop as a potential unauthorized asset and initiate an investigation.
   • BRemove the laptop from the inventory to prevent false positives.
   • CIgnore the laptop because it is likely a test device from the IT department.
   • DImmediately block the laptop's IP address at the firewall.
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4. 8application · medium

   A new network segment is added to the company's infrastructure. After a week, the security analyst checks the XSIAM asset inventory and finds that no assets from the new segment are appearing. What is the most likely cause and the appropriate first step?

   • AThe discovery mechanism is not configured to monitor the new network segment.
   • BThe analyst should manually add all assets from the new segment.
   • CThe assets are not vulnerable, so they are not being discovered.
   • DThe assets are all virtual and are not tracked by XSIAM.
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5. 9expert · hard

   A large enterprise has a CMDB that is the authoritative source for all IT assets. The XSIAM inventory is populated via active discovery and is showing 10% more assets than the CMDB. The security team is concerned about shadow IT. The CMDB team insists their data is accurate and refuses to add assets that are not in their change management system. What is the best course of action for the security analyst?

   • ADisable XSIAM discovery to prevent it from finding assets that are not in the CMDB.
   • BTreat the extra assets in XSIAM as potential shadow IT and investigate them before deciding to add them to the CMDB.
   • CForce the CMDB team to add all assets discovered by XSIAM.
   • DRemove the extra assets from XSIAM to make it match the CMDB.
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6. 10application · medium

   An organization has a policy that all assets must be classified as 'Critical', 'Important', or 'Standard'. The security analyst is reviewing the XSIAM asset inventory and finds that many assets have no classification. What is the best way to address this?

   • ARemove unclassified assets from the inventory.
   • BWork with asset owners to determine the correct classification for each unclassified asset.
   • CAssign a default classification of 'Standard' to all unclassified assets.
   • DLeave the classification blank until the asset is involved in an incident.
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