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CrowdStrike Certified Falcon Responder
Responding on the endpoint platform that dominates enterprise detection: one sensor streaming all telemetry so past events remain answerable, behavioural indicators catching unknown tooling where compromise indicators identify the known, the process tree read upward for how activity began, and prevention policies validated in detection mode; then investigation from detection through tree and host history, containment preserving platform access, tiered response commands, event search for what nothing flagged, and hunts converted into custom detections.
What you get
Papers are cut from the bank and weighted like the real exam, and no question appears in two of them. Every wrong answer comes back on later days until you have it right.
What the exam covers
| The platform, detections and prevention policy | Not published |
| Investigation, response, search and reporting | Not published |
Two sample questions
1. Which is a reason to identify the initial access vector?
- The severity of the incident can then be calculated properly
- The adversary can be attributed to a known group
- The detection can be converted into a hash block
- The same route can be closed against repeat intrusion — correct
Why: Identifying how the adversary entered lets that route be closed so the same intrusion cannot recur.
2. Why does a detection's status field matter for metrics?
- Open versus closed drives response times — correct
- It is the field the sensor uses to decide how much telemetry to keep
- It sets the theme
- It reboots the sensor
Why: Tracking status over time is what produces response-time and backlog metrics for the programme.
The real CCFR exam
| Length | 90 minutes |
|---|---|
| Questions | 60 |
| Pass mark | Scaled score; CrowdStrike does not publish the percentage |
| Price | Purchased per attempt through the CrowdStrike certification programme |
| Recommended before you sit it | The Falcon Administrator credential and hands-on console experience are assumed. |
| Valid for | 2 years |
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