What are your Daily EDR & SIEM Tasks for answering in Interviews
On a daily basis, I monitor SIEM and EDR alerts and quickly triage them to separate real threats from false positives using process trees, log correlation, and user behavior. I respond to endpoint incidents by isolating infected machines, killing malicious processes, and supporting containment and recovery.
I continuously tune SIEM correlation rules and EDR detection policies by adjusting thresholds, refining filters, and optimizing policies for users, servers, and admins to reduce noise without weakening security.
In parallel, I also do proactive threat hunting using EDR telemetry and SIEM queries, validate detections through MITRE mapping and simulated attacks, and use SOAR playbooks to automate response and improve MTTR.
Finally, I ensure EDR agents and SIEM log sources are healthy, and I document incidents and tuning changes for audit and management reporting.”
What are your Daily for VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT ENGINEER
On a daily basis, I manage vulnerability scans using enterprise tools like Qualys, InsightVM, or Tenable across on-prem, endpoints, and cloud workloads. I validate scan results to remove false positives and prioritize vulnerabilities based on CVSS score, exploitability, active threat intelligence, and business criticality.
I work closely with IT, server, network, and cloud teams to drive remediation through patching, configuration fixes, and compensating controls. I track SLA compliance, risk acceptance, and exceptions via ticketing systems.
I also monitor zero-day alerts, update scanning plugins, validate coverage, and ensure authenticated scans are working properly. Finally, I prepare daily and weekly risk dashboards for leadership and audit reporting.
What are your Daily TASKS as a CLOUD SECURITY ENGINEER (INTERVIEW ANSWER)
On a daily basis, I monitor cloud security posture using CSPM and native cloud security tools to identify misconfigurations, public exposures, and risky IAM permissions. I review security alerts related to suspicious logins, API abuse, workload threats, and data access.
I enforce least privilege by regularly auditing IAM roles, service accounts, and access policies. I work with DevOps and application teams to fix security gaps in VMs, containers, storage, and networks.
I validate that security controls like encryption, logging, WAF, and security groups are properly enforced. I also support vulnerability scanning of cloud workloads, track remediation, and ensure compliance with CIS, NIST, and ISO standards.
Finally, I document incidents, perform risk reporting, and continuously improve cloud security baselines.