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Question 1

Automation

Answer 1

Execution of tasks without manual intervention

Question 2

Orchestration

Answer 2

Coordinated execution of multiple automated tasks for a specific outcome or
workflow

Question 3

SOAR

Answer 3

SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response)
■ Class of security tools for incident response, threat hunting, and security
configurations
■ Purpose
● Orchestrate and automate runbooks, deliver data enrichment
■ Example
● Integrating SIEM and SOAR for advanced security capabilities

Question 4

Playbook

Answer 4

Checklist of actions for detecting and responding to a specific incidentRu

Question 5

Runbook

Answer 5

automated version of a playbook with defined interaction points for human analysis
Executes automated tasks with human decision points

Question 6

CICD

Answer 6

CI/CD includes continuous integration
● Continuous Delivery (CD) ensures code is always deployable after every
change
○ Automated testing and build processes
○ CD stops short of automatic production deployment
○ CD is part of the release process
○ Full deployment process is automated only to a certain stage
■ Doesn’t deploy into the production environment
automatically
○ Deployment to production environment is a manual business
decision
○ Allows flexi

Question 7

Continuous Deployment

Answer 7

Takes CI/CD further by automatically deploying code changes to testing
and production environments

Question 8

Integration

Answer 8

Combining subsystems or components into a single, functioning system

Question 9

API

Answer 9

Set of rules and protocols used for building and integrating application software
■ Enable software developers to access functions or features of another
application programmatically

Question 10

REST (Representational State Transfer)

Answer 10

REST uses standard HTTP methods, status codes, URIs, and MIME
types for interactions
○ Primarily uses JSON for data transfer
○ Lightweight protocol suitable for integrating with existing website

Question 11

SOAP

Answer 11

SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)
SOAP has a structured message format in XML
○ Known for robustness, additional security features, and
transaction compliance
○ Suitable for enterprise-level web services with complex
transactions and regulatory compliance requirements

Question 12

CURL

Answer 12

A tool for transferring data to or from a server using various supported
protocols
an api testing tool