Question 480
A company wants an alert when confidential SharePoint files are downloaded in bulk but relies on users to report the event. The change owner plans to: Configure an appropriate Defender for Cloud Apps activity policy with scoped conditions and alerts. Which precaution directly prevents a predictable failure of this approach?
Explanation
Correct Answer
The specific rollout control is Avoid collecting unnecessary personal details and tune thresholds for normal workload behavior. It protects the proposed intervention 'Configure an appropriate Defender for Cloud Apps activity policy with scoped conditions and alerts.' against the failure mode that unspecific manual reporting cannot reliably detect defined high-risk cloud app activity. Success should also be checked through: A controlled bulk download test triggers a useful alert tied to the right user and asset.
Incorrect Answers
Activity logging coverage is bounded by product retention, permissions and available connectors. The proposed change also needs protection against this risk: Unspecific manual reporting cannot reliably detect defined high-risk cloud app activity. The applicable safeguard is: Avoid collecting unnecessary personal details and tune thresholds for normal workload behavior.
Unsupported or malformed traffic logs do not yield reliable app identification. The proposed change also needs protection against this risk: Unspecific manual reporting cannot reliably detect defined high-risk cloud app activity. The applicable safeguard is: Avoid collecting unnecessary personal details and tune thresholds for normal workload behavior.
Defender for Cloud Apps requires appropriate connectivity and permissions to analyze connected app events. The proposed change also needs protection against this risk: Unspecific manual reporting cannot reliably detect defined high-risk cloud app activity. The applicable safeguard is: Avoid collecting unnecessary personal details and tune thresholds for normal workload behavior.