1.2 Evaluate Deployment Requirements, Objectives, and Resources XSIAM-ENGINEER Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16expert · hard

   A security team is planning to integrate XSIAM with a cloud-based email security solution that provides a webhook for real-time alerts. The team also wants to ingest historical email logs from the same solution. The webhook sends JSON payloads, while the historical logs are available via a REST API. What is the best approach?

   • AUse only the REST API and poll it frequently for real-time alerts.
   • BUse only the webhook and rely on XSIAM to store the alerts for historical analysis.
   • CUse a log forwarder to convert the webhook JSON to syslog and the API data to CEF.
   • DUse the webhook for real-time alerts and the REST API for historical logs, as both are supported by XSIAM.
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2. 17foundation · easy

   Which of the following is a common external tool that XSIAM integrates with?

   • ASIEM platforms
   • BWord processors
   • CGraphics editors
   • DMusic players
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4. 18expert · hard

   A company is deploying XSIAM on a hypervisor that is not officially supported by Palo Alto Networks. They have already installed it and it appears to work, but they are experiencing intermittent performance issues. What is the best course of action?

   • ATune the hypervisor settings to improve performance, as this is likely the root cause.
   • BContact Palo Alto Networks support, as they may still provide assistance even on unsupported platforms.
   • CRebuild the XSIAM deployment from scratch on the same hypervisor to fix any installation issues.
   • DMigrate the XSIAM deployment to a supported hypervisor to ensure stability and support.
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5. 19foundation · easy

   Which of the following is a common data source format that XSIAM can ingest?

   • AZIP
   • BSyslog
   • CJPEG
   • DMP3
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6. 20application · medium

   A security team wants to integrate their cloud workload protection platform (CWPP) alerts, network detection and response (NDR) tool, and email gateway logs into XSIAM. They have limited engineering resources and want to minimize custom development. What should they do?

   • ADevelop a custom API integration for each source to ensure full control over data mapping.
   • BUse XSIAM's built-in collectors for all three sources, as they are all commonly supported.
   • CIngest all data via a syslog forwarder and parse it in XSIAM.
   • DUse a third-party integration platform to normalize the data before sending it to XSIAM.
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