Incident Response interview questions

1. A.restoring affected systems to normal operation and confirming they are clean
2. B.blameless analysis after an incident to capture lessons and improve defenses
3. C.an event that actually or potentially compromises confidentiality, integrity, or availability
4. D.predefined step-by-step procedure for responding to a specific type of incident

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1. A.Threat hunting
2. B.CIA triad
3. C.Security incident
4. D.Post-incident review

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1. A.Security incident — restoring affected systems to normal operation and confirming they are clean
2. B.Security incident — proactively searching systems for hidden threats that evaded automated detection
3. C.Security incident — an event that actually or potentially compromises confidentiality, integrity, or availability
4. D.Security incident — predefined step-by-step procedure for responding to a specific type of incident

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1. A.average time taken to discover that a security incident has occurred
2. B.the core security goals: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
3. C.discussion-based drill where teams walk through their response to a hypothetical incident
4. D.proactively searching systems for hidden threats that evaded automated detection

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1. A.Indicator of Compromise (IoC)
2. B.Security incident
3. C.Containment
4. D.CIA triad

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1. A.CIA triad — the core security goals: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
2. B.CIA triad — limiting the scope and spread of an incident to prevent further damage
3. C.CIA triad — discussion-based drill where teams walk through their response to a hypothetical incident
4. D.CIA triad — an event that actually or potentially compromises confidentiality, integrity, or availability

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1. A.removing the threat (malware, accounts, footholds) from affected systems
2. B.forensic artifact (e.g. hash, IP, domain) signaling a system may be breached
3. C.blameless analysis after an incident to capture lessons and improve defenses
4. D.average time taken to discover that a security incident has occurred

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1. A.Threat hunting
2. B.Containment
3. C.Indicator of Compromise (IoC)
4. D.Tabletop exercise

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1. A.Indicator of Compromise (IoC) — forensic artifact (e.g. hash, IP, domain) signaling a system may be breached
2. B.Indicator of Compromise (IoC) — Security Information and Event Management system aggregating and correlating logs for detection and alerting
3. C.Indicator of Compromise (IoC) — discussion-based drill where teams walk through their response to a hypothetical incident
4. D.Indicator of Compromise (IoC) — blameless analysis after an incident to capture lessons and improve defenses

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1. A.limiting the scope and spread of an incident to prevent further damage
2. B.discussion-based drill where teams walk through their response to a hypothetical incident
3. C.predefined step-by-step procedure for responding to a specific type of incident
4. D.initial assessment to classify, prioritize, and assign incidents by severity and impact

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1. A.Containment
2. B.Mean Time To Detect (MTTD)
3. C.Chain of custody
4. D.Threat hunting

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1. A.Containment — limiting the scope and spread of an incident to prevent further damage
2. B.Containment — the core security goals: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
3. C.Containment — Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response platform automating response workflows
4. D.Containment — removing the threat (malware, accounts, footholds) from affected systems

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1. A.initial assessment to classify, prioritize, and assign incidents by severity and impact
2. B.the core security goals: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
3. C.removing the threat (malware, accounts, footholds) from affected systems
4. D.forensic artifact (e.g. hash, IP, domain) signaling a system may be breached

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1. A.Mean Time To Detect (MTTD)
2. B.Eradication
3. C.Playbook
4. D.Threat hunting

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1. A.Eradication — proactively searching systems for hidden threats that evaded automated detection
2. B.Eradication — the core security goals: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
3. C.Eradication — an event that actually or potentially compromises confidentiality, integrity, or availability
4. D.Eradication — removing the threat (malware, accounts, footholds) from affected systems

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1. A.forensic artifact (e.g. hash, IP, domain) signaling a system may be breached
2. B.average time taken to discover that a security incident has occurred
3. C.restoring affected systems to normal operation and confirming they are clean
4. D.Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response platform automating response workflows

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1. A.Security incident
2. B.SIEM
3. C.Recovery
4. D.Post-incident review

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1. A.Recovery — an event that actually or potentially compromises confidentiality, integrity, or availability
2. B.Recovery — restoring affected systems to normal operation and confirming they are clean
3. C.Recovery — Security Information and Event Management system aggregating and correlating logs for detection and alerting
4. D.Recovery — average time taken to discover that a security incident has occurred

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1. A.documented handling of evidence to preserve its integrity for investigation or legal use
2. B.removing the threat (malware, accounts, footholds) from affected systems
3. C.Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response platform automating response workflows
4. D.average time taken to discover that a security incident has occurred

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1. A.Security incident
2. B.CIA triad
3. C.Threat hunting
4. D.Chain of custody

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1. A.Chain of custody — initial assessment to classify, prioritize, and assign incidents by severity and impact
2. B.Chain of custody — predefined step-by-step procedure for responding to a specific type of incident
3. C.Chain of custody — Security Information and Event Management system aggregating and correlating logs for detection and alerting
4. D.Chain of custody — documented handling of evidence to preserve its integrity for investigation or legal use

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1. A.Security Information and Event Management system aggregating and correlating logs for detection and alerting
2. B.the core security goals: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
3. C.blameless analysis after an incident to capture lessons and improve defenses
4. D.an event that actually or potentially compromises confidentiality, integrity, or availability

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1. A.Mean Time To Detect (MTTD)
2. B.Post-incident review
3. C.Tabletop exercise
4. D.SIEM

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1. A.SIEM — Security Information and Event Management system aggregating and correlating logs for detection and alerting
2. B.SIEM — discussion-based drill where teams walk through their response to a hypothetical incident
3. C.SIEM — documented handling of evidence to preserve its integrity for investigation or legal use
4. D.SIEM — average time taken to discover that a security incident has occurred

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1. A.removing the threat (malware, accounts, footholds) from affected systems
2. B.predefined step-by-step procedure for responding to a specific type of incident
3. C.forensic artifact (e.g. hash, IP, domain) signaling a system may be breached
4. D.blameless analysis after an incident to capture lessons and improve defenses

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1. A.Recovery
2. B.CIA triad
3. C.Post-incident review
4. D.Playbook

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1. A.Playbook — predefined step-by-step procedure for responding to a specific type of incident
2. B.Playbook — restoring affected systems to normal operation and confirming they are clean
3. C.Playbook — the core security goals: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
4. D.Playbook — average time taken to discover that a security incident has occurred

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1. A.average time taken to discover that a security incident has occurred
2. B.proactively searching systems for hidden threats that evaded automated detection
3. C.removing the threat (malware, accounts, footholds) from affected systems
4. D.restoring affected systems to normal operation and confirming they are clean

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1. A.Containment
2. B.Threat hunting
3. C.Recovery
4. D.Mean Time To Detect (MTTD)

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1. A.Mean Time To Detect (MTTD) — predefined step-by-step procedure for responding to a specific type of incident
2. B.Mean Time To Detect (MTTD) — limiting the scope and spread of an incident to prevent further damage
3. C.Mean Time To Detect (MTTD) — proactively searching systems for hidden threats that evaded automated detection
4. D.Mean Time To Detect (MTTD) — average time taken to discover that a security incident has occurred

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