SecOps-Architect Practice Question: Secops Frameworks And Threat Response Architecture
An architect is designing an automated threat intelligence enrichment pipeline in Cortex XSOAR. Which THREE actions are typically performed during indicator lifecycle management? (Choose three)
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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Correlating and calculating composite reputation scores across multiple sources
Indicator lifecycle management involves ingestion, reputation scoring, expiration, and sharing or blocking.
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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Physically replacing the server motherboard every 90 days
Why it's wrong here
Hardware replacement is maintenance, not indicator lifecycle management.
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Correlating and calculating composite reputation scores across multiple sources
Why this is correct
Reputation scoring merges multi-vendor intelligence into a reliable score.
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Ingesting indicators from structured STIX/TAXII feeds
Why this is correct
STIX/TAXII feeds provide automated indicator ingestion.
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Automatically expiring or aging out stale indicators based on TTL
Why this is correct
TTL expiration prevents stale IOCs from generating false positives.
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Manually recompiling the Linux kernel for every IOC added
Why it's wrong here
Kernel compilation is unrelated to threat intelligence management.
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