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Splunk Certified Cybersecurity Defense Architect

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Question 1 of 120

Sophia manages data ingestion for her organization’s SIEM. The data science team wants to perform real-time analytics on security data and asks Sophia for a copy of all new endpoint telemetry from the current point forward. The SIEM currently collects 15TB of endpoint telemetry every day.
Which of the following solutions can Sophia use to best help the data science team?
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Correct answer: B

A message bus can fan out each new endpoint telemetry event to multiple consumers in real time, allowing both the SIEM and the data science team to receive the same ingestion stream. This avoids exporting or duplicating the SIEM’s large stored dataset and scales better for 15 TB per day of telemetry. Historical exports in OCSF or JSON do not satisfy the request for continuous data from the current point forward, while nightly CSV reports introduce delay and are inefficient for high-volume analytics.

Question 2 of 120

To ensure leadership is aware of the security team’s performance, which measurements should be presented on a regular basis? (Choose all that apply.)
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Correct answers: A, B, D

Patch compliance percentage, mean time to contain, and mean time to respond provide leadership with measurable indicators of security posture and operational effectiveness. Patch compliance shows how well known vulnerabilities are being reduced, while containment and response times show how quickly the team limits and manages security incidents. Emergency change requests primarily measure change-management activity and do not directly reflect the security team’s overall performance.

Question 3 of 120

Justin has just finished successfully importing data from the CMDB platform into the SIEM. While validating data, he discovers a host with a MAC address (35:33:33:20:76) that does not have the same OUI (03:83:71) as the rest of the deployed devices.
Which of the following is the most likely explanation for this discrepancy?
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Correct answer: A

Personal devices managed through MDM can be included in the CMDB even when they are not part of the organization’s standard hardware fleet. These devices may use MAC addresses from different manufacturers, producing an OUI that differs from the OUI associated with deployed corporate devices. SIEM normalization changes field formats and values for consistency, but it does not normally alter the manufacturer portion of a MAC address.

Question 4 of 120

Which of the following are common criteria used for the evaluation of threat intelligence feeds? (Choose all that apply.)
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TLP, industry relevance, source reliability, and severity are all useful criteria for evaluating threat intelligence feeds. TLP indicates how intelligence may be shared, while industry context helps determine whether threats apply to the organization. The source affects confidence in the intelligence, and severity helps prioritize indicators and threats based on potential impact.

Question 5 of 120

Which MLTK command can be combined with tstats in an ES detection to apply a machine learning model to search results?
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The fit command applies a previously trained Machine Learning Toolkit model to incoming search results, including results returned by tstats. This allows an Enterprise Security detection to score or classify accelerated data while retaining the performance benefits of tstats. Commands such as cluster analyze result similarity, while summary and sample do not apply a trained model.

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