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Certified Security Operations Professional (SecOps-Pro) Practice Test

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Q1Cortex XDReasy
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Which component of Cortex XDR is responsible for collecting data from non-endpoint sources like network devices or firewalls?

Cortex XDR CollectorCorrect
BCortex Data Lake
CBroker Service
DCortex XDR Agent

The Cortex XDR Collector is the component designed to ingest logs and data from non-endpoint sources such as network devices, firewalls, and third-party systems. It forwards this telemetry into Cortex XDR for correlation and analytics. This makes it the correct answer for collect…Read full explanation

Q2Cortex XDRmedium
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You are creating a custom BIOC rule to detect suspicious PowerShell execution. The rule must trigger when PowerShell is executed with an encoded command. Which field should you focus on in the rule builder?

Afile_hash
Btarget_process_path
Cprocess_name
actor_process_command_lineCorrect

To detect PowerShell executed with an encoded command, the rule must inspect the command line used to launch PowerShell. The 'actor_process_command_line' field captures the full command line of the process that initiated the action, including '-EncodedCommand' or '-enc' arguments…Read full explanation

Q3Cortex XDRhard
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When configuring a Behavioral Threat Protection (BTP) profile, what is the impact of setting the protection mode to 'Block'?

The agent will terminate the process chain if suspicious behavior is detected.Correct
BThe agent will sandbox the process for further analysis.
CThe agent will report the event but allow the process to continue.
DThe agent will block only known malicious file hashes.

The 'Block' mode in BTP forces the agent to kill the process if the behavioral pattern matches a known malicious sequence, even without a specific file hash match.

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