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SC-900 · Question #218

Which solution performs security assessments and automatically generates alerts when a vulnerability is found?

The correct answer is D. security information and event management (SIEM). SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) collects and correlates security data from across an environment, performs continuous analysis, and automatically generates alerts when threats or vulnerabilities are detected. CSPM focuses on cloud configuration assessments and…

Submitted by yaw92· Apr 18, 2026Describe the capabilities of Microsoft security solutions

Question

Which solution performs security assessments and automatically generates alerts when a vulnerability is found?

Options

  • Acloud security posture management (CSPM)
  • BDevSecOps
  • Ccloud workload protection platform (CWPP)
  • Dsecurity information and event management (SIEM)

How the community answered

(37 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    8% (3)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    86% (32)

Explanation

SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) collects and correlates security data from across an environment, performs continuous analysis, and automatically generates alerts when threats or vulnerabilities are detected. CSPM focuses on cloud configuration assessments and compliance posture, CWPP protects cloud workloads at runtime, and DevSecOps is a development methodology - not a detection/alerting platform. SIEM is specifically designed for real-time monitoring and automated alert generation.

Topics

#SIEM#Security Monitoring#Alerting#Vulnerability Management

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