312-85 Practice Question: Threat Intelligence IN SOC IR And Risk Management
Which TWO types of intelligence are most essential for an Incident Response team during an active attack investigation?
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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Tactical Intelligence
Tactical and Operational intelligence are essential for responding to live incidents. Tactical details the TTPs, while Operational provides the immediate indicators.
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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Regulatory Intelligence
Why it's wrong here
Focused on compliance, not incident mitigation.
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Market Intelligence
Why it's wrong here
Unrelated to security incident response.
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Tactical Intelligence
Why this is correct
Provides insight into adversary TTPs for mitigation.
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Strategic Intelligence
Why it's wrong here
Too broad for active incident handling.
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Operational Intelligence
Why this is correct
Provides real-time indicators like IPs and hashes.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official EC-Council exam blueprint
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