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SSCP Practice Question: Has implemented a SIEM solution and wants to…
An organization has implemented a SIEM solution and wants to reduce false positives. Which of the following is the most effective approach?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Tune correlation rules to exclude known benign activities
The most effective because tuning correlation rules to exclude known benign activities directly reduces false positives by filtering out events that are known to be non-threatening. Option B is not effective because adding more log sources can increase the volume of data and potentially introduce more noise, exacerbating the false positive problem. Option C (raising thresholds) may reduce alerts but can also cause true threats to be missed, and it does not target known false positive patterns. Option D is inefficient and does not reduce false positives; it only addresses the symptoms by requiring more manual review.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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Tune correlation rules to exclude known benign activities
Why this is correct
Tuning allows the SIEM to ignore patterns that are known to be non-malicious.
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Increase the number of log sources feeding the SIEM
Why it's wrong here
More sources can increase false positives if not properly tuned.
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Raise the threshold for each correlation rule to reduce alerts
Why it's wrong here
Raising thresholds reduces both false positives and true positives; it might miss attacks.
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Assign more analysts to manually review all alerts
Why it's wrong here
Manual review does not reduce false positives; it only increases workload.
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