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CAS-005
Security Operations
hard
Question 1 of 22

A SOC analyst is reviewing SIEM alerts and observes that a user account authenticated successfully from two geographically distant locations within a 10-minute window — a physical impossibility. The account has broad access to the HR system. Which sequence of actions BEST represents appropriate incident response?

ALog the anomaly in the ticketing system and review at the next weekly SOC meeting
BImmediately disable the user account, notify the account owner and HR, initiate an investigation to determine if credentials were compromised, and preserve all relevant authentication and access logs
CReset the user's password and wait to see if the anomalous logins recur
DForward the alert to the firewall team to block the remote IP address

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