Question 1080
During a post-incident review at a logistics office, the original problem was: A SOC tries to trace a security incident using only the latest ten minutes of logs although related suspicious sessions began hours earlier. Which preventive practice most directly addresses its cause?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Record incident start estimates and review windows in investigation tickets. This control reduces recurrence of the documented mechanism: Too-narrow time filters can hide preceding causes or follow-on activity. It creates a repeatable check around the needed response: Expand the approved time window and correlate session, threat and policy-change events.
Incorrect Answers
Train analysts to document action and subsequent evidence separately. That safeguard addresses another potential failure: A firewall logs a blocked exploit but the SOC reports that it was successful simply because the threat signature fired. It is not the most targeted recurring control for the described cause: Too-narrow time filters can hide preceding causes or follow-on activity.
Require owner and policy match review before high-impact alert-triggered blocks. That safeguard addresses another potential failure: An analyst changes a Security rule based on one incident alert without checking whether the affected application is explicitly business-approved. It is not the most targeted recurring control for the described cause: Too-narrow time filters can hide preceding causes or follow-on activity.
Include incident IDs and outcome evidence in emergency network changes. That safeguard addresses another potential failure: An administrator edits a policy to address one event but does not record the incident linkage, making it hard to audit why access changed. It is not the most targeted recurring control for the described cause: Too-narrow time filters can hide preceding causes or follow-on activity.