CCSM Advanced Threat Prevention Practice Question
Refer to the exhibit.
[Threat Prevention Log Summary]
Protection Name: Suspicious_HTTP_Header Confidence: Low Action: Detect Source IP: 192.168.10.50 Destination IP: 203.0.113.25
An administrator reviews the log snippet above and notices that the action taken was 'Detect' despite the threat profile being set to 'Prevent'. What is the most likely cause for this behavior?
⚠ Common exam trap
Candidates assume the global profile setting 'Prevent' overrides all individual protection settings. They overlook that specific signature overrides in the Threat Prevention policy take precedence over the profile's general action.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
✓
The specific protection 'Suspicious_HTTP_Header' was manually overridden to 'Detect' mode within the Threat Prevention profile.
Individual protections in Check Point Threat Prevention can be overridden with specific action settings, such as 'Detect' or 'Inactive', overriding the global threat profile setting of 'Prevent'. Administrators frequently configure specific protections to 'Detect' mode during initial tuning phases to prevent false positives from disrupting production environments before enforcing blocking.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
- ✓
The specific protection 'Suspicious_HTTP_Header' was manually overridden to 'Detect' mode within the Threat Prevention profile.
Why this is correct
Individual protection overrides take precedence over the profile's general action setting, allowing fine-grained control over specific signatures. This explains why an event triggered a 'Detect' log even though the overarching profile was configured for active prevention.
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The Security Gateway is operating in offline evaluation mode due to expired ThreatCloud license keys.
Why it's wrong here
Expired license keys typically cause security blades to fail closed or stop updating signatures entirely, rather than selectively logging events in Detect mode. Licensing issues generate distinct system alerts and log notifications regarding blade status.
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The connection was accelerated by SecureXL, bypassing the active prevention enforcement kernel module.
Why it's wrong here
SecureXL connection acceleration handles fast-path packet forwarding for established sessions, but Threat Prevention inspection runs on the Firewall kernel inspection hooks and slow path. SecureXL does not arbitrarily change configured block actions into detect logs.
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The source IP address is listed inside the global Threat Prevention exclusion object table.
Why it's wrong here
Exclusion objects suppress the protection entirely, producing no log entry at all, so a Detect action with a logged event cannot result from an exclusion. Exclusions are correct when a trusted source must never be inspected; here the low confidence threshold explains why Prevent did not trigger.
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Last reviewed September 2026 · checked against the official Check Point exam blueprint
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