SOC Scenario Interview Questions and Answers
- How has your L1 Analyst experience prepared you for the responsibilities of L2?
- How have your daily L1 duties prepared you for the responsibilities of L2?
- What role do you see yourself playing as an L2 Analyst, and how will you contrib
- Describe a critical security incident and the steps you took to handle it?
- What immediate steps would you take to investigate a critical alert on a server?
- How would you manage a SIEM system flooding with false-positive alerts?
- How would you investigate a potential brute-force attack detected by the SIEM?
- How would you respond to a ransomware attack encrypting files in the environment
- What steps would you take to conduct a forensic analysis of a compromised server
- What immediate actions would you take to manage a DDoS attack flooding the SOC?
- Describe a complex security incident you managed and how you ensured its resoltn
- What steps would you take to investigate and mitigate a suspected insider threat
- What challenges have you faced in log analysis or using SIEM tools, and how solv
