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Objective 5.2

Cybersecurity Defense Architect

Describe how to integrate security sensors and controls into DevOps workflows. -

Objective 5.2 sits in Scaling Cybersecurity Defenses and DevSecOps, which carries 15% of the Cybersecurity Defense Architect exam. The questions below are original, written from the official objective title above, and each explanation cites the Splunk page it rests on.

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An engineer asks what a detection should be built to address, before any SPL is written. What does Splunk document?

A data model to accelerate firstAcceleration is a performance decision made later.
A security use case or problemCorrect · your answerCorrect.
An index that needs searchingThe index follows from the data the use case needs.
A dashboard that needs dataDashboards present results rather than motivate a rule.

Correct.

Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026

Concept

Starting from the question rather than the data is what keeps a detection library aligned to risk. Otherwise it grows to match whatever was easiest to onboard.

Why B

Splunk documents creating a detection to address a security use case or problem that you want to solve, using it to identify patterns in your data that can indicate a security risk.

Source

Create a detection to address a security use case or problem that you want to solve. For example, suspicious power shell commands or endpoint detection or response (EDR) alerts.

Splunk Docs: Identify the relevant use case for your detection, checked August 2026
#devsecops#use cases

Now you: objective 5.2 questions

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Sample question 1 of 3

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An architect wants a gate that stops a noisy detection reaching production. Which Splunk capability does the documentation name?

Sample question 2 of 3

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An engineer asks what testing a detection before deployment is documented to prevent. Which outcome does Splunk name?

Sample question 3 of 3

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An engineer asks how the SSDF describes itself in relation to a development life cycle. What does NIST document?

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