Question 650
At Brightstone Legal, a team reports that it corrected the following problem affecting client matters and confidential documents: A cloud security connector has valid API access but Splunk receives no new events after initial onboarding. Which observation BEST verifies that the correction actually worked?
Explanation
Correct Answer
A newly generated cloud audit event appears in the intended searchable index. This is the decisive evidence for the original problem: A cloud security connector has valid API access but Splunk receives no new events after initial onboarding. It verifies that the intended corrective control—Check collection credentials, input configuration, time range, and network reachability—works in the relevant environment; a completed change ticket alone would not prove the outcome at Brightstone Legal.
Incorrect Answers
A known high-priority cloud audit event stays searchable for its required retention window. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A Splunk index ingests high-volume diagnostic events but critical security logs cannot be found during the retention period, usually addressed by Choose appropriate index and retention policy for security sources and monitor license/ingest health. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Brightstone Legal was resolved. The specific required evidence is: A newly generated cloud audit event appears in the intended searchable index.
Replaying the same source batch does not create duplicate incident counts. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: An ingestion pipeline duplicates cloud events during retry and inflates detection counts, usually addressed by Define supported event identity handling, checkpointing, and duplicate detection in the collection workflow. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Brightstone Legal was resolved. The specific required evidence is: A newly generated cloud audit event appears in the intended searchable index.
An authenticated event is ingested after rotation while the revoked token fails. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: Cloud log collection unexpectedly stops because the Splunk input token was rotated, usually addressed by Refresh the configured ingestion authentication securely and monitor token expiry. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Brightstone Legal was resolved. The specific required evidence is: A newly generated cloud audit event appears in the intended searchable index.