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350-701 Practice Question: In Cisco AMP for Endpoints, which technology…
In Cisco AMP for Endpoints, which technology prevents exploit techniques such as code injection and memory corruption at runtime without relying on signatures?
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Exploit Prevention
Exploit Prevention in Cisco AMP uses exploit mitigation techniques like memory protection and injection detection to block common exploit methods (e.g., buffer overflows, DLL injection) without needing signatures.
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Indicators of Compromise (IOC)
Why it's wrong here
IOC scanning checks for known IoCs but does not prevent exploits at runtime.
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Exploit Prevention
Why this is correct
Correct. Exploit Prevention guards against memory-based exploits without signatures.
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File Reputation
Why it's wrong here
File Reputation uses signatures and cloud lookups, not runtime exploit prevention.
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Orbital Advanced Search
Why it's wrong here
Orbital is a live search tool, not a prevention mechanism.
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