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• Exam Code: SecOps-Pro
• Exam Name: Palo Alto Networks Security Operations Professional
• Platform: Security Operations
• Exam Language: English
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1. What is the main difference between artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in cybersecurity?

ML enables machines to learn from data, while AI enables machines to mimic human cognitive functions.

AI and ML are interchangeable terms that refer to preprogrammed rules which can detect threats.

ML is a broader discipline that includes AI, which focuses solely on natural language processing.

AI is used for automating responses, while ML manages hardware and network infrastructure.

2. Which sensor is used by Cortex XSIAM to identify and collect DNS queries, HTTP header, and DHCP information?

Windows Event Collector logs

Directory Sync logs

Pathfinder data collector

Enhanced application logs

3. What are two outcomes of threat intelligence in a SOC? (Choose two.)

Mitigation of potential risks to systems and data

Enablement of security operations teams to reduce workload through automation

Reduction of the number of alerts observed in an incident

Identification and detection of known threat verdicts to improve company security posture

4. In which scenario would an organization benefit from Cortex XDR compared to an EDR solution?

A business wants to integrate data from network traffic, cloud environments, and identity systems for a unified threat landscape.

A corporation wants to monitor endpoint activities for advanced threats and gain visibility into endpoint behaviors.

A customer relies on manual processes for incident detection and response with minimal use of automated tools and analytics.

A company requires endpoint security that focuses on isolating and responding to threats at the endpoint level.

5. Which response action in Cortex XSIAM would be unavailable to a SOC analyst investigating an incident involving a Linux server?

File search and destroy

Live Terminal session initiation

Running a script

Halting network access

6. What does the analytics engine use to compare an entity to itself across different time periods using statistical methods?

Temporal profile

Peer group profile

Exploit profile

Entity classification

7. Where can an administrator begin to grant a new non-SSO user access to a Cortex XDR tenant?

Cortex XDR tenant settings under Access Management

Cortex Gateway

Customer Support Portal

IT Service Portal

8. A file hash is evaluated a Cortex XSOAR by using two unique threat feeds: VirusTotal feed (rating of B- usually reliable) and the file verdict is malicious AlienVault feed (rating of B- usually reliable) and the file verdict is benign What is the file verdict in XSOAR?

Benign

Malicious

Unknown

Suspicious

9. A new incident in Cortex XSIAM contains WildFire malware and Behavioral Threat Protection (BTP) alertsout an unsigned process

attempting to dump the memory of Isass.exe.

Which initial verdict applies to this incident?

False positive

True positive

False negative

True negative

10. Where in Cortex XSOAR are analystsle to collaborate and converse with others for joint real-time investigations?

Investigations tab

War Room

Evidence Board

Work plan

11. Which solution will minimize mean time to resolution (MTTR) when, as a result of previous malware infection, a company’s Windows endpoint is suffering a small amount of file corruption and modified registry keys?

Issue a new laptop from the help desk to expedite a clean system.

Use Live Terminal to connect to the machine and upload files to replace the corrupted files.

Use group policy objects to push new files and registry key changes to the endpoint.

Use remediation suggestions to restore the affected files and registry modifications.

12. With a Windows endpoint, what is required to remove the Cortex XDR agent when the endpoint is no longer online and cannot be managed directly from the management console?

A Cortex XDR administrator must provide the end user with an offline removal tool created in the management console.

When running the uninstaller, the administrator must enter an uninstall password from the management console.

An administrator must use Cytool to disable security protection on the endpoint with an uninstall password.

An administrator must disable the agent by opening the agent console from the system tray and entering a password.

13. Which action is performed as the final step of the NIST incident response plan?

Updating incident response procedures

Gathering evidence

Restoring from backups

Conducting incident response training exercises

14. What is a difference between cold storage and hot storage in Cortex?

Cold storage is required, while hot storage is optional.

Cold storage and hot storage can be stored in different cloud locations.

Logs in cold storage have more details than logs stored in hot storage.

Querying logs in cold storage takes more time than querying logs in hot storage.

15. During a sophisticated cyber attack, a company experiences a stealthy, multivector intrusion that evades detection by traditional security tools.

The company requires a solution that will correlate and analyze the disparate attack indicators across its network, endpoints, and cloud environments to uncover the full scope of the breach and take immediate automated response actions.

Which solution should be recommended?

XDR

SIEM

EDR

XSOAR

16. What is a primary responsibility of an incident responder in a SOC?

Mitigating incidents that have been escalated

Supervising vulnerability assessments and penetration tests

Determining or adjusting criticality of alerts

Developing incident recovery crises communications plans

17. What determines the indicator layout displayed and the scripts that will run on an indicator of compromise (IOC) in Cortex XSIAM?

Size

Type

Date

Origin

18. Which two roles can access data model rules in Cortex XSIAM? (Choose two.)

Account admin

Deployment admin

Instance administrator

IT administrator

19. Which MITRE enterprise tactic will provide more information on the technique used by a threat actor who has successfully used PsExec to upload files to an internal server from a compromised workstation?

Privilege escalation

Lateral movement

Execution

Persistence

20. How do indicator verdicts in Cortex XSOAR assist analysts in threat detection and response efforts?

They categorize indicators based on their geographic origin, helping analysts focus on threats from specific countries.

They classify indicators solely based on their frequency of occurrence in the network, allowing analysts to identify common patterns.

They classify indicators as malicious, suspicious, benign, or unknown, enabling analysts to prioritize and respond to threats.

They categorize indicators based on the threat actor’s tactics, techniques, and procedures.

21. Which Cortex XDR component raises an alert when suspicious activity composed of multiple events is detected and deviates from established baseline behavior?

Analytics Engine

Causality Analysis Engine

XQL Query Engine

Cloud Identity Engine

22. Which two types of content can be installed or upgraded through a Cortex XSIAM content pack? (Choose two.)

Analytics alerts

Playbook triggers

Data Model rules

Behavioral Threat Protection (BTP)

23. What is the expected behavior when an endpoint is isolated in Cortex XSIAM?

It can continue to communicate with other endpoints.

It can continue to receive regular upgrades in Cortex XSIA

It will not have network access except for traffic to Cortex XSIA

It will have access to only internal network resources.

24. Which two statements apply to creating scripts in Cortex XSOAR? (Choose two.)

They can be protected using a password.

They can be scheduled to run at a later time and day.

They can be written using Java.

They can be executed with higher permissions.

25. What is required to enable ingestion of on-premises firewall logs into Cortex XDR?

Broker VM

API

PAN-OS content pack

Cloud Identity Engine

26. Which two types of tasks are supported in Cortex XSIAM playbooks? (Choose two.)

Sub-playbook

Script creation

Conditional

Data collection

27. How do sensors function in Cortex XSIAM?

They monitor endpoint agent health.

The monitor data ingestion health.

They assist with log stitching.

They collect logs and telemetry data.

28. What are the primary functions of the Causality Analysis Engine in Cortex XDR?

To identify the root cause of alerts and provide a complete forensic timeline of events

To prioritize critical alerts and reduce the overall number of alerts generated

To perform regular system backups and restore operations in case of failure

To determine only the root cause of an attack and automatically remediate threats

29. A customer is investigating a security incident in which unusual network traffic is observed and a malicious process is identified on an endpoint.

Which Cortex XDR capability assists with correlating firewall network logs and endpoint data in this environment?

Log stitching

User authentication management

Indicator of compromise (IOC) rule

Analytics

30. What is the function of a Causality View?

To provide users access to collaborate and execute CLI commands in Cortex XDR and Cortex XSIAM

To present the alerts and process execution chain of all activity pertaining to the same event

To consolidate multiple security tools into a single interface to improve analyst productivity

To present alerts from multiple data sources as individual incidents in the console

31. Which action is the responsibility of the SOC manager?

Troubleshooting network cabling and physical installation

Performing initial triage and classification of incidents

Handling direct end-user support or help desk issues

Developing and implementing crisis communication plans

32. What is the role of content packs in Cortex XSOAR?

To provide rebuilt bundles for supporting security orchestration use cases

To support technical support teams with relevant information required to troubleshoot

To serve as a central location for installing, exchanging, and contributing content

To serve as a major software versioning update

33. What role does incident response play in handling cybersecurity incidents?

Scheduling regular software updates and maintenance to prevent potential cyber threats

Providing structured methods for investigating, containing, and eradicating cyber threats

Notifying external authorities and stakeholders immediately after a cyber threat is detected

Monitoring network traffic and creating comprehensive Security policies

34. Which scripting language would create a custom widget in Cortex XDR that shows the top five accounts with failed Windows logons in the past 24 hours?

XQL

JavaScript

Python

PowerShell

35. Which incident should a responder prioritize based on overall functional and informational impact to the company?

A user in the accounting department receives a pop-up message after visiting a website.

A public-facing web server has multiple failed login attempts over a short period of time.

An external-facing company website is currently unavailable.

A large upload of user data from an internal file server to a public website occurs.

36. What is the purpose of incident types in Cortex XSOAR?

They categorize manual and automated incidents, trigger playbooks automatically, and require predefined fields and integrations.

They assist in mapping manual incidents, assign default playbooks, and require inline auto-extraction of indicators.

They classify events ingested through integrations or the REST API, can trigger specific playbooks, and include customizable layouts and service-level agreement (SLA) parameters.

They manually create incidents, configure universal playbooks, and enforce strict adherence to preset service-level agreement (SLA) reminders.

37. Which component of Cortex XDR is designed to detect insider threats?

Forensics

Identity Analytics

Cloud Identity Engine

Host Insights

38. Where can the actions taken to stitch alerts together in Cortex XSIAM be viewed?

Alerts and Insights

Timeline

Causality chain

Key Assets & Artifacts

39. Which action should an administrator take to create automated response actions when a user account is compromised, allowing attacker to upload data to an external IP address and infect a machine on the company network with malware?

Create automation rules in Cortex XDR that will trigger for each alert.

Create a script in Cortex XSOAR that will run a playbook based on the scenario.

Create playbook triggers in Cortex XSIAM and run playbooks for each alert.

Map the events as type of Cortex XSOAR incident, then run a playbook.

40. Which activities are facilitated through the War Room in Cortex XSOAR?

Creating, editing, and deleting tasks in the workplan

Running security playbooks, scripts, and commands

Conducting initial investigation of incident data and threat intelligence

Viewing a summary of case details and alerts

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