350-701 Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Practice Question
A company wants to ensure that no cloud workload has a public IP address attached to a network security policy that allows inbound SSH from the entire internet. Which Cisco security product can continuously monitor and alert on such misconfigurations?
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Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics
Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics (formerly Stealthwatch Cloud) is a cloud security posture management (CSPM) tool that continuously monitors cloud environments against security benchmarks and alerts on violations such as open SSH from the internet.
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Cisco Umbrella
Why it's wrong here
Cisco Umbrella is a DNS-layer security solution, not designed for continuous cloud configuration monitoring.
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Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics
Why this is correct
Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics provides CSPM capabilities to monitor and alert on misconfigurations such as open SSH to the internet.
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Cisco Firepower Management Center
Why it's wrong here
Cisco ASA is a firewall appliance, not a cloud configuration monitoring service.
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Cisco Identity Services Engine
Why it's wrong here
Cisco Firepower Management Center is used for managing firewall policies, not for automated cloud posture monitoring.
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