Changed 250-580 Exam Questions

To notify administrators when manual remediation is required on an endpoint, the administrator should set up aSingle Risk Event notificationin SEP, with the action specified as"Left Alone". This configuration allows SEP to alert administrators only when the system does not automatically handle a detected risk, indicating that further manual intervention is required.

Setting Up the Notification:

Navigate toNotificationsin the SEP management console.

SelectSingle Risk Eventas the notification type and specify"Left Alone"for the action taken.

Enable options to log the notification and send an email alert to system administrators.

Rationale:

This approach ensures that administrators are only alerted when SEP detects a threat but cannot automatically remediate it, signaling a need for manual review and action.

Other options (e.g., System event notification, New risk detected) are broader and may trigger alerts unnecessarily, rather than focusing on cases needing manual attention.

References: Setting up targeted notifications, such as Single Risk Event with “Left Alone” action, is a best practice in SEP for efficient incident management​.

To minimize I/O impact when LiveUpdate occurs, theLiveUpdate scheduleshould be adjusted. Here’s why this solution is effective:

Reduced System Impact During Peak Hours:By scheduling LiveUpdate during off-peak times, system resources are freed up during high-usage periods, reducing the likelihood of performance issues.

Efficient Resource Allocation:Adjusting the schedule allows LiveUpdate to run at times when endpoint resources are less likely to be needed for user activities, minimizing its impact on performance.

Maintaining Regular Updates:This approach ensures that updates still occur regularly without impacting endpoint performance during work hours.

This method is optimal for managing resource load and maintaining smooth performance during scheduled updates.

Insight resultsare storedencrypted on the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM). This ensures that reputation data and related security insights are kept secure within the management infrastructure, protecting sensitive information from unauthorized access.

Security of Insight Results:

Storing Insight results in an encrypted format within SEPM prevents tampering or unauthorized access, which is critical for maintaining data integrity in security operations.

Why Other Options Are Incorrect:

Unencrypted storage(Options B and D) would not provide adequate security.

Storing results on theSymantec Endpoint Protection client(Options C and D) is unnecessary, as Insight data is managed and stored centrally on SEPM.

References: Encryption of Insight results within SEPM enhances the security of sensitive reputation data used for threat prevention​.

If an administrator modifies theVirus and Spyware Protection policyto disable Auto-Protect, but finds it still enabled on the client, the likely cause is that the setting was not locked. In Symantec EndpointProtection policies, enabling thepadlock iconnext to a setting ensures that the policy is enforced strictly, overriding local client configurations. Without this lock, clients may retain previous settings despite the new policy. Locking the setting guarantees that the desired configuration is applied consistently across all clients within the specified group.