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ACCESS-DEF · Question #49

As part of an ongoing incident investigation, you want to examine all data/events that are relevant to updating user profiles. Which dataset from the UBA portal should you use?

The correct answer is B. Configuration. Configuration data in the UBA portal captures changes made to accounts and system settings, including profile update events - making it the right dataset for tracking who modified user profiles, when, and what changed during an incident. Why the distractors are wrong: A…

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Question

As part of an ongoing incident investigation, you want to examine all data/events that are relevant to updating user profiles. Which dataset from the UBA portal should you use?

Options

  • ABehavior
  • BConfiguration
  • CApplication
  • DAccess Control

How the community answered

(21 responses)
  • A
    5% (1)
  • B
    81% (17)
  • C
    10% (2)
  • D
    5% (1)

Explanation

Configuration data in the UBA portal captures changes made to accounts and system settings, including profile update events - making it the right dataset for tracking who modified user profiles, when, and what changed during an incident.

Why the distractors are wrong:

  • A. Behavior focuses on user activity patterns and anomaly detection (e.g., unusual login times or data access), not on account modification events.
  • C. Application covers application-level activity logs - how users interact with apps - not changes to account or profile settings.
  • D. Access Control deals with authentication and authorization events (logins, permission grants/denials), not profile attribute changes.

Memory tip: Think of "Configuration" as anything that changes how something is set up - a profile update reconfigures a user account, so it lives in Configuration data. If it were about who accessed what, you'd look at Access Control; if it were about how someone behaved, you'd look at Behavior.

Topics

#UBA portal datasets#Configuration tracking#User profile auditing#Incident investigation

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