Which data source is most appropriate for tracking the number of security incidents reported over time?

Incident management system logs

A security program dashboard has been in use for six months. The team has changed its incident classification scheme, and the dashboard's main chart now shows outdated categories. The dashboard is shared with multiple teams. What is the best practice for updating this dashboard?

Create a new dashboard with the new scheme and leave the old one running for historical comparison.

Keep the old dashboard unchanged and only update the underlying search to the new scheme.

Delete the old dashboard and create a new one without notifying users.

Edit the dashboard in place to reflect the new classification scheme, and notify the teams of the change.

You are designing a dashboard for a security operations center (SOC) that will be displayed on a large wall monitor. The SOC team needs to quickly identify any critical alerts that require immediate action. Which design principle is most important for this use case?

Use a dark theme with low contrast to avoid eye strain in a dark room.

Add many interactive drilldowns so analysts can explore data directly from the wall monitor.

Include as much data as possible in each panel to provide comprehensive information.

Use high-contrast colors and large fonts for critical alerts, and keep the layout simple with a focus on the most important metrics.

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Build and Populate Dashboards for Program Analytics. CYBERSECURITY-DEFENSE-ENGINEER Practice Questions (Page 5)

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Questions 21–25

21foundation · easy
Which data source is most appropriate for tracking the number of security incidents reported over time?
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22foundation · easy
Which visualization is most appropriate for displaying the current count of open critical vulnerabilities?
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23application · medium
A security program dashboard has been in use for six months. The team has changed its incident classification scheme, and the dashboard's main chart now shows outdated categories. The dashboard is shared with multiple teams. What is the best practice for updating this dashboard?
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24application · medium
You are designing a dashboard for a security operations center (SOC) that will be displayed on a large wall monitor. The SOC team needs to quickly identify any critical alerts that require immediate action. Which design principle is most important for this use case?
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25foundation · easy
Which Splunk feature allows dashboard users to dynamically change the time range for all panels that reference it?
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Questions 21–25

Which data source is most appropriate for tracking the number of security incidents reported over time?

Which visualization is most appropriate for displaying the current count of open critical vulnerabilities?

A security program dashboard has been in use for six months. The team has changed its incident classification scheme, and the dashboard's main chart now shows outdated categories. The dashboard is shared with multiple teams. What is the best practice for updating this dashboard?

You are designing a dashboard for a security operations center (SOC) that will be displayed on a large wall monitor. The SOC team needs to quickly identify any critical alerts that require immediate action. Which design principle is most important for this use case?

Which Splunk feature allows dashboard users to dynamically change the time range for all panels that reference it?

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