Question 1
An architect is sizing a Cortex XSIAM tenant for an enterprise that ingests 5 TB of log data per day. Which platform component is the primary driver of the licensed ingestion tier and must be sized accordingly?
Correct Answer:
Cortex Data Lake daily ingestion (TB/day)
Question 2
Which Cortex XSIAM cloud region should an architect select to satisfy GDPR data residency for an EU-headquartered customer?
Correct Answer:
Europe (EU) region
Question 3
An architect is designing a multi-tenant SecOps practice for an MSSP that serves 40 customers. Which Cortex XSIAM deployment model best supports per-customer data isolation and independent retention policies?
Correct Answer:
One dedicated XSIAM tenant per customer with optional MSSP overlay
Question 4
Which statement most accurately describes Cortex XSIAM data tiering?
Correct Answer:
Hot data is queryable for a defined retention window; older data ages into lower-cost archive tiers in Cortex Data Lake
Question 5
An architect designs a hybrid deployment where some log sources cannot send directly to Cortex XSIAM cloud over the internet. Which component should be deployed on-premises to forward and pre-process logs?
Correct Answer:
Cortex XSIAM Broker VM (Pathfinder/Syslog/Filebeat collectors)
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