Objective 5.4

Cybersecurity Defense Architect

Describe continuous integration & deployment strategies for security data management and engineering solutions

Objective 5.4 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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5-4Scaling Cybersecurity Defenses and DevSecOps

An engineer sets up a deployment pipeline for detections. What does Splunk document happens each time a detection is saved?

It is exported as an appExport is a separate packaging step.
It overwrites the running versionThe running version continues until a new one is turned on.
It is queued for approvalNo approval queue is documented for saving.
It is saved as a new versionCorrect · your answerCorrect.

Correct.

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Concept

Immutable versions make a deployment reversible. The running configuration and the latest edit stop being the same thing, which is what a pipeline needs.

Why D

Splunk documents that when you make a change to a detection, saving the detection always saves it as a new version.

Source

When you make a change to a detection, saving the detection always saves it as a new version.

Splunk Docs: Use detection versioning in Splunk Enterprise Security, checked August 2026
#ci cd#versioning

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Sample question 1 of 2

5-4Scaling Cybersecurity Defenses and DevSecOps

An engineer asks which detection types support versioning in Enterprise Security. What does Splunk document?

Sample question 2 of 2

5-4Scaling Cybersecurity Defenses and DevSecOps

An engineer wants a note recorded with every promoted detection version. What does Splunk document is possible?

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