1.2 Evaluate Deployment Requirements, Objectives, and Resources XSIAM-ENGINEER Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1expert · hard

   An organization is integrating XSIAM with a threat intelligence platform (TIP) that provides indicators of compromise (IOCs) via a REST API. The TIP also offers a STIX/TAXII feed. The team wants to ingest IOCs into XSIAM for enrichment. What is the most important consideration?

   • AThe TIP's API rate limits may affect the frequency of IOC updates.
   • BXSIAM must support the integration method (REST API or STIX/TAXII) to ingest the IOCs.
   • CThe TIP's data format must be converted to CEF before ingestion.
   • DThe STIX/TAXII feed is more secure than the REST API.
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2. 2expert · hard

   A security team is integrating XSIAM with a cloud access security broker (CASB) and a data loss prevention (DLP) tool. The CASB provides API-based logs, while the DLP tool only supports syslog. The team wants to ensure that all data is ingested with minimal latency. What is the best approach?

   • AUse XSIAM's native CASB collector and a syslog forwarder for the DLP tool.
   • BUse a syslog forwarder for both sources to standardize the ingestion method.
   • CUse a log aggregator to collect logs from both sources and forward them to XSIAM.
   • DUse a custom API integration for the DLP tool, even though it only supports syslog.
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4. 3foundation · easy

   Which hardware consideration is most important when planning an XSIAM deployment for a large enterprise with multiple data sources?

   • AOptical drive speed
   • BCPU cores and memory
   • CSound card quality
   • DNumber of USB ports
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5. 4application · medium

   A security team wants to ingest data from a custom internal application that generates logs in a proprietary JSON format. They need to ensure the data is normalized and searchable in XSIAM. What is the best approach?

   • ADevelop a custom parser in XSIAM to map the JSON fields to the standard schema.
   • BUse a log forwarder to send the data as syslog.
   • CIngest the raw JSON and rely on XSIAM's automatic field extraction.
   • DConvert the JSON to CEF format before ingestion.
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6. 5application · medium

   A company wants to integrate its on-premises Active Directory (AD) logs, cloud SaaS application logs, and network flow data into XSIAM for centralized monitoring. The team is unsure which data sources can be directly ingested. What should they do first?

   • AIngest all data as raw JSON and use XSIAM's machine learning to normalize it.
   • BUse a log forwarder to convert all data sources into a common format before ingestion.
   • CCheck the XSIAM data source catalog to see which of these sources have native collectors or supported ingestion methods.
   • DDevelop custom parsers for each data source to ensure compatibility.
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