Palo Alto Networks Certified XSIAM Engineer: key terms

Flashcards for this exam Palo Alto Networks Certified XSIAM Engineer guide Class dates

• Alert FatigueDesensitization of responders caused by too many, too noisy, or non-actionable alerts, leading to missed real incidents.Foundational
• Attack Surface Management (ASM)Continuous discovery, inventory and monitoring of an organization's internet-facing assets and exposures.Intermediate
• Behavioral Indicator of Compromise (BIOC)A Cortex XDR rule that detects malicious behavior based on endpoint activity patterns rather than static indicators.Advanced
• Causality ChainIn Cortex XDR, the sequence of related processes and events from the root cause to the alert, shown in the Causality View.Advanced
• Cortex Query Language (XQL)The query language used to search and analyze data in Cortex XDR and Cortex XSIAM datasets.Advanced
• Cortex XDRPalo Alto Networks' extended detection and response platform combining endpoint protection with network, cloud and identity analytics.Intermediate
• Cortex XSIAMPalo Alto Networks' AI-driven security operations platform that combines SIEM, XDR, SOAR, ASM and threat intelligence.Advanced
• Detection EngineeringThe discipline of designing, building, testing and maintaining threat detections as code.Advanced
• Log NormalizationConverting logs from different formats into a common schema so they can be correlated and searched consistently.Intermediate
• ParsingExtracting structured fields from raw log data so events can be searched and correlated.Intermediate
• Risk-Based Alerting (RBA)A detection approach that assigns risk scores to entities for suspicious observations and alerts only when cumulative risk exceeds a threshold.Advanced
• Security Data LakeA centralized repository that stores large volumes of raw and normalized security telemetry for analytics and long-term retention.Advanced
• Threat HuntingProactively searching for threats that have evaded existing detections, based on hypotheses, intelligence or analytics.Intermediate
• User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)Analytics that baseline normal behavior of users and entities and flag anomalies that may indicate threats.Intermediate