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During which phase of the NIST SP 800-61 Rev 2 incident response process should an organization develop and exercise the incident response plan?

Trap 1: Post-Incident Activity

This phase involves lessons learned and updating the plan after an incident.

Trap 2: Detection and Analysis

This phase involves identifying and triaging incidents, not preparing the plan.

Trap 3: Containment, Eradication, and Recovery

This phase focuses on containing and remediating incidents.

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Preparation
Preparation is the first phase where the IR plan, team, and tools are established and exercised.
B
Post-Incident Activity
Why wrong: This phase involves lessons learned and updating the plan after an incident.
C
Detection and Analysis
Why wrong: This phase involves identifying and triaging incidents, not preparing the plan.
D
Containment, Eradication, and Recovery
Why wrong: This phase focuses on containing and remediating incidents.

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Security Policies and Procedures questions

During which phase of the NIST SP 800-61 Rev 2 incident response process should an organization develop and exercise the incident response plan?

A security analyst receives an alert from the SIEM indicating a large number of failed login attempts from an external IP address targeting a user account. According to the incident response process, what should be the analyst's first action?

An organization's incident response team has identified a malware infection on a critical server. They need to collect evidence for potential legal action. Which of the following is the most important step to ensure the admissibility of the evidence?

Which role in the incident response process is primarily responsible for determining the business impact of an incident and making strategic decisions?

An employee is suspected of using company resources to access inappropriate websites. Which security policy most directly addresses this behavior?

A SOC analyst at Tier 1 receives an alert for a known malware signature. After initial investigation, the analyst finds that the alert is a false positive caused by an outdated signature. What should the analyst do next?

Which threat intelligence sharing standard defines a language and format for representing structured threat information, such as indicators and campaigns?

During the containment phase of an incident, the IR team decides to power off a compromised server to prevent further damage. However, they later realize that this action may have destroyed volatile evidence. According to best practices, what should the team have done instead?

A company's security policy requires that all data classified as 'Confidential' must be encrypted at rest and in transit. This requirement is part of which policy?

Which SOC tier is responsible for threat hunting and advanced forensic analysis?

An incident handler needs to preserve a hard drive from a compromised system. Which two actions are essential to maintain the integrity of the evidence?

Which of the following are responsibilities of the legal counsel role during incident response? (Choose two.)

An organization is implementing a threat intelligence sharing program. They want to exchange both structured indicators and full reports with other members of their ISAC. Which combination of standards/protocols should they choose? (Choose two.)

After resolving a security incident, the IR team conducts a lessons learned meeting. Which of the following are typical outputs of this post-incident activity? (Choose three.)

During the Detection and Analysis phase of incident response, a SOC Tier 1 analyst identifies a potential malware infection on a critical server. What is the FIRST action the analyst should take according to NIST SP 800-61 Rev 2?

An organization is implementing an AUP that prohibits personal use of corporate resources. However, an employee uses a company laptop to access personal email, which leads to a malware infection. Which policy violation is most directly implicated?

In the NIST SP 800-61 Rev 2 incident response process, which phase involves documenting lessons learned and updating the incident response plan?

A SOC analyst is investigating a suspected data exfiltration. The analyst needs to preserve evidence from a compromised workstation. Which of the following is the CORRECT procedure to ensure evidence integrity?

During a security incident, the CISO decides to contain a compromised server by isolating it from the network. Which role is primarily responsible for making this containment decision based on business impact?

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