350-701 Cloud Security Practice Question
A security engineer is configuring Cisco Umbrella Intelligent Proxy to selectively decrypt and inspect HTTPS traffic. The goal is to balance security and user privacy by only inspecting traffic to high-risk domains. How does Intelligent Proxy decide which traffic to inspect?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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It evaluates domains against Cisco's security categories and only inspects domains that match certain categories.
Intelligent Proxy uses Cisco Umbrella's security intelligence to categorize domains and selectively apply SSL inspection to those classified as high risk or based on policy.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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It inspects all HTTPS traffic by default.
Why it's wrong here
Intelligent Proxy is selective, not all traffic.
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It evaluates domains against Cisco's security categories and only inspects domains that match certain categories.
Why this is correct
Intelligent Proxy leverages Cisco's threat intelligence to decide which traffic to inspect.
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It uses a list of manually configured domains.
Why it's wrong here
While manual lists can be used, the primary method is automated categorization.
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It inspects traffic based on the user's identity.
Why it's wrong here
Identity may influence policy but not the decision to inspect which domains.
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