312-85 Requirements Planning Direction And Review Practice Question
A CTI program manager is defining Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of the intelligence program during the review phase. Which metric best measures the quality and relevance of the intelligence produced?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Percentage of intelligence reports that result in actionable security controls or detection rules
Measuring actionable outcomes, such as the percentage of intelligence reports that lead to confirmed threat mitigation or detection rule creation, evaluates quality and relevance.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Number of threat intelligence blog posts published on the corporate website
Why it's wrong here
Public blog post frequency measures marketing output rather than core security intelligence efficacy.
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Percentage of intelligence reports that result in actionable security controls or detection rules
Why this is correct
Actionability and downstream adoption directly reflect the quality and operational value of the intelligence.
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Total gigabytes of threat data ingested from commercial feeds per month
Why it's wrong here
Data volume is a metric of ingestion quantity, not intelligence quality or relevance.
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Total number of security alerts generated by the SIEM
Why it's wrong here
SIEM alert volume measures infrastructure noise or detection breadth, not CTI team output quality.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official EC-Council exam blueprint
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