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350-701 A company uses FMC to manage FTD devices Practice Question
A company uses FMC to manage FTD devices. After deploying a new intrusion policy, the analyst sees that no events are generated for a known vulnerability, even though the policy includes a rule for it. The analyst checks and the rule is enabled and the policy is applied. What is the most likely cause?
⚠ Common exam trap
It's easy for candidates to assume an enabled intrusion rule guarantees event generation, forgetting that the access control policy acts as a gatekeeper that can block traffic before it reaches the intrusion engine.
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
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The access control policy before the intrusion policy is blocking traffic.
In a Cisco Firepower deployment, the access control policy (ACP) is evaluated before the intrusion policy. If the ACP is configured to block traffic matching the vulnerability's characteristics, the traffic never reaches the intrusion policy for inspection, so no intrusion events are generated even if the intrusion rule is enabled and applied.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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The rule is configured to 'Drop and Generate Events' but the device is in inline tap mode.
Why it's wrong here
Inline tap mode still generates events; the rule setting doesn't prevent event generation.
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The device has not been rebooted after policy deployment.
Why it's wrong here
FMC pushes policies without requiring a reboot; changes take effect after deployment.
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The access control policy before the intrusion policy is blocking traffic.
Why this is correct
If an access control rule denies or fast-paths traffic, it never reaches the intrusion policy for inspection.
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The intrusion policy rule has a false-positive suppression.
Why it's wrong here
False-positive suppression would reduce events but not eliminate all events for a confirmed vulnerability.
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