312-39 Incident Detection And Triage Practice Question
When performing alert triage in a SIEM, which metric is most important for prioritizing incidents based on the potential business impact?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Asset Criticality.
Asset criticality helps determine the priority of an incident in a real-world SOC environment.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Alert frequency.
Why it's wrong here
High frequency does not always equal high impact.
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Log source vendor.
Why it's wrong here
The vendor of the log source is irrelevant to business impact.
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Asset Criticality.
Why this is correct
High-value assets require immediate attention regardless of the attack type.
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Number of alerts per user.
Why it's wrong here
This is a secondary metric for volume analysis.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official EC-Council exam blueprint
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