Apprentice Exam Dumps - Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Apprentice

Least privilege reduces the impact of a compromised user account by ensuring that each user, service, or application has only the permissions necessary to perform its required function. If an attacker steals credentials for an account with excessive privileges, the attacker may access sensitive systems, modify configurations, exfiltrate data, or move laterally through the environment. When least privilege is properly implemented, the blast radius is smaller because the compromised identity cannot access resources outside its assigned role. Single sign-on improves user access experience and centralizes authentication, but it does not by itself limit what the user can access. DNS filtering controls access to domains and is a network security function. Static routing controls packet forwarding paths and is unrelated to identity permissions. In IAM, least privilege is commonly enforced through role-based access control, access reviews, privileged access management, and conditional access policies. Reference/topics: Identity Security, IAM, RBAC, MFA, least privilege.

A core purpose of security operations is investigating security events to determine whether they represent real threats, policy violations, or benign activity. Security operations teams monitor alerts, analyze evidence, investigate suspicious behavior, contain incidents, and improve detection and response processes. Asset tracking is important for security and IT operations, but it is not the main purpose described here. Installing endpoint security software is a deployment task usually handled by endpoint, infrastructure, or IT teams, although the SOC may consume the telemetry. Aligning applications to compliance standards is part of governance, risk, and compliance activities. Security operations is the day-to-day defensive function that turns telemetry into decisions and action. It asks: what happened, what is affected, how severe is it, what should be done, and how can recurrence be reduced? Investigation is therefore central to the SOC mission. Reference/topics: Security Operations 6.1, Identify/Detect, Investigate, Mitigate, Improve; Security Operations 6.3, event and alert.