350-701 Content Security Practice Question
A company is deploying Cisco ESA and wants to protect against malware delivered via email attachments. Which TWO features can be used together to provide both signature-based detection and behavioral analysis?
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SHA-256 cloud lookup
AMP for Email uses SHA-256 cloud lookup for known malware and file sandboxing for unknown files to detect malicious behavior.
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SHA-256 cloud lookup
Why this is correct
This provides signature-based detection by comparing file hashes against known malware.
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Outbreak filters
Why it's wrong here
Outbreak filters detect emerging threats using heuristics but are not specifically file sandboxing.
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DLP policies
Why it's wrong here
DLP scans for sensitive data, not malware.
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File sandboxing
Why this is correct
File sandboxing provides behavioral analysis by executing files in a virtual environment.
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Anti-spam with SenderBase
Why it's wrong here
Anti-spam filters unwanted bulk email, not malware detection.
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