Question 700
An operations group at a manufacturing plant resolved: A Strata Cloud Manager team builds a Log Forwarding profile with an undefined external HTTP destination and expects alerts to reach its ticket API. Which ongoing safeguard should become part of its change process?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Validate destination profile and receiver health before deploying new log filters. This control reduces recurrence of the documented mechanism: Forwarding filters require a defined reachable server destination to deliver events. It creates a repeatable check around the needed response: Create the appropriate server profile and select it as the forwarding destination in the profile.
Incorrect Answers
Monitor forwarding delivery errors and periodically run an end-to-end event test. That safeguard addresses another potential failure: An HTTP forwarding receiver returns errors but the SOC blames security policy because the log profile shows as configured. It is not the most targeted recurring control for the described cause: Forwarding filters require a defined reachable server destination to deliver events.
Audit logging at start versus end against investigative requirements. That safeguard addresses another potential failure: An outbound allow rule logs only session start even though the security team needs bytes and final application classification from session closure. It is not the most targeted recurring control for the described cause: Forwarding filters require a defined reachable server destination to deliver events.
Inventory server-profile references before retiring log infrastructure. That safeguard addresses another potential failure: After a log destination migration, old Syslog server profiles remain embedded in three regional forwarding profiles. It is not the most targeted recurring control for the described cause: Forwarding filters require a defined reachable server destination to deliver events.