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Splunk Certified Cybersecurity Defense Analyst Questions 46–50 (page: 11)

Updated On: 26-Oct-2026

There are many resources for assisting with SPL and configuration questions.
Which of the following resources feature community-sourced answers?

  1. Splunk Answers
  2. Splunk Lantern
  3. Splunk Guidebook
  4. Splunk Documentation

Answer(s): A

Explanation:


Reference:

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Community/current/community/Resources



An analyst is looking at Web Server logs, and sees the following entry as the last web request that a server processed before unexpectedly shutting down:
147.186.119.107 - - [28/Jul/2006:10:27:10 -0300] "POST /cgi-bin/shutdown/ HTTP/1.0" 200 3333
What kind of attack is most likely occurring?

  1. Distributed denial of service attack.
  2. Denial of service attack.
  3. Database injection attack.
  4. Cross-Site scripting attack.

Answer(s): B

Explanation:


Reference:

https://serverfault.com/questions/925615/how-to-secure-servers-from-a-cgi-bin-php-post-request-attack



Which of the following terms is associated with the behavior of a threat actor and a structured framework for executing a cyberattack, and defines why an attacker is performing an action?

  1. Playbooks
  2. Tactics
  3. Procedures
  4. Techniques

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

In frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK, tactics describe the adversary’s overarching objectives - the “why” behind each action - organizing their behavior into a structured sequence of goals throughout an attack.



What is the first phase of the Continuous Monitoring cycle?

  1. Respond and Recover
  2. Monitor and Protect
  3. Define and Predict
  4. Assess and Evaluate

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

The first phase of the Continuous Monitoring cycle is Define and Predict, where the organization establishes monitoring objectives, identifies critical assets, and predicts potential threats. This foundation guides all subsequent monitoring, assessment, and response activities.



A threat hunter generates a report containing the list of users who have logged in to a particular database during the last 6 months, along with the number of times they have each authenticated. They sort this list and remove any user names who have logged in more than 6 times. The remaining names represent the users who rarely log in, as their activity is more suspicious. The hunter examines each of these rare logins in detail.
This is an example of what type of threat-hunting technique?

  1. Least Frequency of Occurrence Analysis
  2. Co-Occurrence Analysis
  3. Time Series Analysis
  4. Outlier Frequency Analysis

Answer(s): A

Explanation:


Reference:

https://www.sentinelone.com/blog/a-modern-approach-to-adaptive-threat-hunting-methodologies/



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