Cisco Designing Cisco Security Infrastructure (SDSI, 300-745, CCNP Security, design-focused) (SDSI) (SDSI) — Questions 76–150

When designing an API security architecture to protect against unauthorized data access, which THREE mechanisms are considered best practices for securing API endpoints in a Cisco environment? (Choose THREE)

When designing a secure remote access solution, what is the 'Always-On' VPN feature in AnyConnect primarily used for?

When designing a site-to-site VPN, which IKEv2 feature allows the tunnel to be established without requiring a static IP address on one side?

A design architect is tasked with selecting a SOC tool for 'Threat Hunting'. Which feature in Cisco SecureX is specifically optimized for this task?

During a risk assessment, it is determined that a legacy application cannot be patched. Which Cisco security control should be prioritized to compensate for this vulnerability?

What is the benefit of integrating Cisco Secure Email with Cisco Threat Intelligence (Talos)?

You are designing security for a microservices cluster. You want to ensure that if a pod is compromised, it cannot make unauthorized calls to the database. Which design approach is most effective?

A developer needs to ensure that microservices within a Kubernetes cluster communicate securely. Which design element ensures that the service-to-service communication is encrypted using mTLS?

A design needs to restrict network access based on the user's role and device type. Which Cisco product is the primary engine for this context-aware policy control?

Which design approach is best for protecting APIs against 'Mass Assignment' vulnerabilities?

Which design component is essential for securing traffic in a cloud-native environment using Cisco Secure Workload without relying on physical network appliances?

Which THREE components are part of a robust Cisco Zero Trust for the Workplace architecture?

To secure API endpoints exposed via Cisco Secure API Gateway, which policy type is best suited to prevent brute-force attacks on authentication endpoints?

When designing for SaaS security, why should you implement a 'Least Privilege' policy for third-party application integrations?

In a post-incident design, which tool should be used to provide visibility into user activity across multiple SaaS applications?

In an SD-WAN architecture, how does the design ensure the security of traffic between branches?

When designing for multi-cloud, why is an orchestration layer for security policy so important?

Which THREE criteria should be used to design microsegmentation policies in Cisco Secure Workload? (Choose THREE)

A security architect is configuring Cisco SecureX for the first time. Which is the most important step to enable centralized incident response?

When designing for API security, how does Cisco API Security provide protection against 'Excessive Data Exposure' vulnerabilities?

When designing microsegmentation within Cisco Secure Workload for a hybrid environment, which TWO components are essential for enforcing traffic policies between on-premises servers and cloud-native instances? (Choose TWO)

Which Cisco technology allows an organization to enforce security policies based on the user's location and device posture, even when the user is off-network?

When designing an architecture to mitigate the risk of data exfiltration, which Cisco solution provides visibility into the data being sent out of the organization?

You are designing the control plane security for a Cisco switch. Which feature limits the amount of traffic sent to the CPU, protecting it from DoS attacks?

For a DevSecOps pipeline involving Cisco Secure Firewall, what is the 'CI' (Continuous Integration) component responsible for?

A design architect is deploying a Cisco Secure Firewall in a High Availability (HA) pair. Which configuration is required to ensure stateful failover across firewalls?

Which design principle is most important when implementing microsegmentation in an environment with high workload volatility (e.g., auto-scaling groups)?

Why is it important to include 'Application Context' when defining microsegmentation policies in Cisco Secure Workload?

When designing a post-incident security architecture, which THREE factors are critical for determining the placement of Cisco Secure Firewall sensors?

In a Cisco Container Platform (CCP) environment, you need to ensure that pod-to-pod traffic within the same namespace is inspected for malicious patterns. Which design decision satisfies this requirement?

When configuring a Cisco ASA/Firepower firewall, what is the 'inside' interface typically used for?

When designing a secure multi-cloud strategy for applications, how does Cisco Secure Workload facilitate consistent policy management?

In a Cisco SD-WAN environment, you need to ensure that branch office traffic destined for SaaS applications is optimized and secured. Which design approach is most appropriate?

You are designing an IoT network segment. Which technology allows you to verify device identity at the hardware level?

Which protocol is recommended for secure network time synchronization across security devices?

In a DevSecOps environment, you need to implement Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) rule updates via Ansible. Which approach ensures the highest level of security and idempotency?

A financial institution is performing a risk assessment on its cloud-to-on-premises connection. The assessment methodology indicates a high risk of man-in-the-middle attacks. Which design modification is required to align with Cisco security design best practices?

You are designing an application security architecture where sensitive data must be encrypted in transit between microservices. Which approach is the most scalable for implementing mTLS (Mutual TLS) across a service mesh environment?

Which THREE actions are essential for maintaining a secure SaaS posture using Cloudlock? (Choose THREE)

A network security designer is evaluating email security solutions. Which feature in Cisco Secure Email (ESA) is most effective against sophisticated Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks?

In a SaaS security design, what is the role of a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)?

When assessing the risk of 'Data Loss' via USB devices, which Cisco product provides the best control for endpoint-based DLP?

A SOC analyst requires a tool to gain visibility into encrypted traffic without full decryption. Which Cisco product feature should be included in the design to meet this requirement?

Which risk assessment methodology component focuses on identifying the 'crown jewels' of the organization's network architecture?

When designing security for a multi-tenant cloud application, which principle is most effectively addressed by using Cisco Secure Workload to create distinct security domains?

You are designing the security for a SaaS application access scenario. What is the role of the Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)?

When designing a microsegmentation strategy with Cisco Secure Workload, which THREE metrics should be monitored to validate policy effectiveness? (Choose THREE)

During a design review, it is determined that the current logging architecture is missing context for user identity. Which Cisco tool must be integrated with the firewall to map IP addresses to specific usernames in the logs?

A client is deploying a serverless application on AWS and needs to secure the API interactions with Cisco Umbrella. Which design pattern effectively protects the API endpoints from malicious exfiltration without introducing significant latency?

When designing automated security for Cisco Secure Workload, what does 'Micro-segmentation' provide in the context of DevSecOps?

Which TWO of the following are benefits of using 'Infrastructure as Code' (IaC) with Cisco Secure Firewall?

An architect is reviewing post-incident logs in Cisco SecureX. Which feature allows the analyst to see the timeline of events from different integrated products in one view?

Following a successful breach, the design team needs to implement a 'Zero Trust' architecture. Which component is responsible for enforcing the policy decision made by the Policy Decision Point (PDP) in the Cisco Zero Trust framework?

Which THREE components are critical for an effective post-incident 'Architecture Adaptation'?

Which THREE criteria are used during the 'Requirements Gathering' phase of a secure architecture design?

Which component of the Cisco Secure architecture is used to provide centralized visibility and threat analysis across the entire network based on NetFlow data?

When utilizing Cisco DevNet tools for security, which Python library is the standard for interacting with the Cisco FMC API efficiently?

Which TWO Cisco products are used to achieve 'Zero Trust' for remote users?

You are designing an API security architecture for a hybrid cloud environment. Which TWO Cisco technologies would you implement to secure the API lifecycle?

Which Cisco feature is used to prevent the unauthorized use of dynamic IP addresses on a network?

A security designer is tasked with improving the SOC's incident response time. Which TWO Cisco platform capabilities should be integrated to enable automated threat hunting and containment? (Choose two)

An organization wants to monitor all internal traffic for anomalies. Which Cisco tool is used for behavioral analysis of network flows?

Which design principle is essential when building an API Gateway for high-security environments?

Which document is essential for the SOC to standardize how they handle identified security incidents?

You are designing a security architecture for a hybrid cloud environment using Cisco Secure Firewall. Which design pattern effectively mitigates the risk of lateral movement between VPCs in AWS while maintaining centralized policy enforcement?

What is the primary role of a Service Mesh in an API architecture?

Which TWO of the following are common components of an AI-driven security operations center (SOC)?

Which TWO factors are critical for selecting a firewall architecture?

When designing a firewall for a data center, what is the best practice for handling high-bandwidth traffic inspection?

You are designing an API security strategy. Which mechanism is used to verify the integrity and authenticity of API requests in a microservices environment?

During a post-incident review, an architect discovers that the SOC could not correlate logs across the Cisco Secure Email and Cisco Secure Endpoint platforms. Which integration should the design specify to improve future incident response?

An organization is conducting a risk assessment and identifies a requirement for high-availability secure access. In a Cisco ASA-based design, which feature ensures stateful failover occurs without disrupting active connections?

Which THREE of the following technologies should be combined to create a 'Security-as-Code' pipeline for Cisco infrastructure?

An enterprise is migrating legacy apps to a cloud-native architecture. You need to secure inter-service communication. Which Cisco solution provides mutual TLS and fine-grained access control using sidecar proxies?

You are designing an email security gateway deployment. What is the benefit of using Cisco Secure Email's 'Outbreak Filters'?