Investigation Methodology and Evidence Strategy Questions

Covers a structured, end to end approach to security and incident investigations including alert triage, evidence planning, analysis, documentation, and closure. Candidates should be able to describe how they define investigation objectives, select and prioritize alerts for investigation, gather and preserve relevant evidence, and maintain chain of custody and investigative integrity. The topic includes techniques for correlating multiple data sources to reduce false positives, deciding when to escalate, and handing off to other teams. It also covers planning resource allocation and time management during investigations, transitioning between investigative phases, documenting findings and decisions clearly for technical and nontechnical stakeholders, and producing defensible conclusions and remediation recommendations. Candidates may be expected to discuss playbooks and standard operating procedures, tooling and telemetry used to collect and analyze evidence, metrics for triage effectiveness and investigation efficiency, and how strategies adapt when new information emerges or when operating at scale.