A Splunk admin is configuring an adaptive response action to send a notification to a Slack channel when a high-severity alert fires. The admin wants to ensure the notification includes the alert's severity and the affected host. What should the admin configure?

Create a custom script that extracts the fields and sends the notification

Use tokens in the action's message template to include the severity and host fields

Enable the action to send the full notable event details

Use a correlation search that only returns the severity and host fields

Which method is commonly used to validate that an adaptive response action worked as expected?

Deleting the correlation search that triggered the action

Checking the action's execution logs in Splunk

Reviewing the threat intelligence feed for updates

After configuring an adaptive response action to run a script that quarantines a file, an analyst tests it by triggering the correlation search. The script runs but the file is not quarantined. The analyst checks the script's logs and sees an error about insufficient permissions. What is the most likely cause?

The Splunk service account lacks the necessary permissions to execute the script

The adaptive response action is not enabled

The script is not compatible with the operating system

The correlation search is not generating notable events

What is the purpose of testing an adaptive response action in Splunk?

To increase the frequency of the action's execution

To reduce the number of false positives in detection

To document the action for compliance purposes

To ensure the action executes correctly and achieves the intended remediation

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A Splunk admin is configuring an adaptive response action to send a notification to a Slack channel when a high-severity alert fires. The admin wants to ensure the notification includes the alert's severity and the affected host. What should the admin configure?
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Which method is commonly used to validate that an adaptive response action worked as expected?
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Which of the following is a type of adaptive response action available in Splunk?
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After configuring an adaptive response action to run a script that quarantines a file, an analyst tests it by triggering the correlation search. The script runs but the file is not quarantined. The analyst checks the script's logs and sees an error about insufficient permissions. What is the most likely cause?
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A Splunk admin is configuring an adaptive response action to send a notification to a Slack channel when a high-severity alert fires. The admin wants to ensure the notification includes the alert's severity and the affected host. What should the admin configure?

Which method is commonly used to validate that an adaptive response action worked as expected?

Which of the following is a type of adaptive response action available in Splunk?

What is the purpose of testing an adaptive response action in Splunk?

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