What is the relationship between correlation searches and the Risk framework?

Correlation searches replace the Risk framework entirely

Correlation searches consume risk scores to determine alert severity

Correlation searches can be configured to generate risk events that feed into the Risk framework

The Risk framework prevents correlation searches from running

What is the purpose of throttling in a correlation search?

To increase the search speed by limiting data sources

To prevent duplicate alerts for the same event or entity within a specified time

To automatically close old alerts

To reduce the number of search results returned

How does Splunk Enterprise Security calculate the total risk score for a risk object over time?

By averaging all risk scores and multiplying by the number of detections

By summing the risk scores from all contributing detections within the configured window

By counting the number of alerts and assigning a fixed score per alert

By taking the highest single risk score recorded in the last 24 hours

A security team is integrating RBA with their existing correlation searches. They have a correlation search that detects malware infections and currently creates a notable. They want to also add risk to the affected host. What is the best way to achieve this without duplicating the search logic?

Modify the correlation search to output risk events in addition to creating a notable.

Manually add risk to the host after reviewing the notable.

Create a second correlation search that detects the same malware infections and outputs risk events.

Use a risk-based alert to generate the notable and risk score.

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Domain 4Objective 6

Understand and Explain the Essentials of Risk Based Alerting, the Risk Framework and Creating Correlation Searches Within Enterprise Security. SPLK-5001 Practice Questions (Page 1)

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What is the relationship between correlation searches and the Risk framework?
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What is the purpose of throttling in a correlation search?
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How does Splunk Enterprise Security calculate the total risk score for a risk object over time?
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A security team is integrating RBA with their existing correlation searches. They have a correlation search that detects malware infections and currently creates a notable. They want to also add risk to the affected host. What is the best way to achieve this without duplicating the search logic?
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Which setting determines how often a correlation search runs?
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