400-007 · Question #187
A network security team uses a purpose-built tool to actively monitor the campus network, applications, and user activity. The team also analyzes enterprise telemetry data from IPFIX data records…
The correct answer is B. integration with an incident response plan. Augmented IPFIX telemetry enriched with application and user-activity data provides the context needed to trigger and execute a formal incident response plan.
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A network security team uses a purpose-built tool to actively monitor the campus network, applications, and user activity. The team also analyzes enterprise telemetry data from IPFIX data records that are received from devices in the campus network. Which action can be taken based on the augmented data?
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- Areduction in time to detect and respond to threats
- Bintegration with an incident response plan
- Cadoption and improvement of threat-detection response
- Dasset identification and grouping decisions
How the community answered
(31 responses)- A13% (4)
- B77% (24)
- C3% (1)
- D6% (2)
Why each option
Augmented IPFIX telemetry enriched with application and user-activity data provides the context needed to trigger and execute a formal incident response plan.
Reduction in detection and response time is a measurable outcome or benefit that results from good tooling and process integration, not a discrete action the team takes based on the augmented data.
When purpose-built monitoring tools correlate IPFIX flow records with application behavior and user activity, the resulting enriched data set contains enough fidelity to map detected anomalies to specific incident response procedures. Integrating this augmented data feed into an incident response plan allows security teams to automate alert triage, assign severity, and initiate documented playbooks - turning raw telemetry into structured, repeatable response actions. This closes the loop between detection and remediation within an organizational framework.
Adoption and improvement of threat-detection response describes a long-term strategic program, not a concrete action that can be directly executed from a specific set of augmented telemetry records.
Asset identification and grouping is a preparatory configuration step performed during initial sensor deployment, not an ongoing action driven by the analysis of live IPFIX telemetry records.
Concept tested: IPFIX telemetry integration with incident response planning
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/secure-network-analytics/index.html
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