350-701 Cloud Security Practice Question
A security team wants to gain visibility into shadow IT usage of cloud applications and enforce data loss prevention policies. Which cloud security control should they deploy?
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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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CASB
CASB provides visibility, DLP, and threat detection for sanctioned and unsanctioned cloud apps.
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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Cloud WAF
Why it's wrong here
Cloud WAF protects web applications from attacks, not shadow IT.
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CWPP
Why it's wrong here
CWPP protects workloads, not SaaS application visibility.
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CSPM
Why it's wrong here
CSPM focuses on cloud configuration compliance, not shadow IT visibility.
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CASB
Why this is correct
A Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) sits between users and cloud applications to enforce data loss prevention (DLP) policies by inspecting traffic for sensitive content, such as credit card numbers or personally identifiable information, in real time. This directly satisfies the stem’s requirement for visibility into shadow IT usage and policy enforcement, as CASBs can discover unsanctioned cloud apps via API integration or proxy-based traffic analysis, unlike network firewalls which lack application-layer inspection for cloud services.
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