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Application Security Design practice questions

Practise Cisco Designing Cisco Security Infrastructure (SDSI, 300-745, CCNP Security, design-focused) (SDSI) Application Security Design practice questions — original exam-style scenarios with answer choices, explanations, and analysis of common mistakes.

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Application Security Design questions test whether you can apply the concept in context, not just recognise a definition.

How the topic appears in realistic exam-style scenarios.

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How to eliminate plausible but wrong options.

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Common Application Security Design exam traps

▸Answering from memory before reading the full scenario.
▸Missing a constraint such as cost, availability, security, scope or command context.
▸Choosing a broad answer when the question asks for the most specific fix.
▸Ignoring why the wrong options are tempting.

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Application Security Design questions

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When designing microsegmentation policies in Cisco Secure Workload (Tetration) for a multi-tier application, which THREE factors must be considered to ensure traffic flow integrity?

Trap 1: DHCP lease duration

Irrelevant to microsegmentation policy.

Trap 2: User identity mapping

Not the primary focus for workload-level microsegmentation.

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A
Application dependency mapping
Necessary to understand traffic requirements.
B
DHCP lease duration
Why wrong: Irrelevant to microsegmentation policy.
C
Workload inventory classification
Groups workloads for policy application.
D
Infrastructure zone isolation
Essential for segmenting traffic at the network level.
E
User identity mapping
Why wrong: Not the primary focus for workload-level microsegmentation.

Application Security Design practice questions

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Application Security Design questions

When designing microsegmentation policies in Cisco Secure Workload (Tetration) for a multi-tier application, which THREE factors must be considered to ensure traffic flow integrity?

You are designing a microsegmentation strategy using Cisco Secure Workload (formerly Tetration) for a multi-tier application. Which mechanism allows you to enforce fine-grained security policies between application tiers while maintaining visibility across the hybrid cloud?

In a cloud-native environment, which Cisco solution provides visibility into vulnerabilities within the application code and runtime environment?

You are designing security for a SaaS application integrated via Cisco Cloudlock. Which mechanism allows you to detect anomalous data sharing behavior within Google Workspace?

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

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

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 microsegmentation for a Kubernetes cluster using Cisco Tetration (Secure Workload). Which specific architectural component must be deployed within the Kubernetes worker nodes to enforce policy without relying on external firewall hairpining?

You are designing security for a SaaS application integrated with Cisco Cloudlock. A user is persistently attempting to share sensitive documents with external parties. Which Cloudlock feature should be applied to remediate this?

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)

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?

You are designing a secure API architecture where services are deployed in Kubernetes. You need to enforce authentication and rate limiting at the ingress. Which tool should be used for centralized policy enforcement?

Which THREE actions are recommended when designing a secure API architecture using Cisco API Security to mitigate OWASP API Top 10 threats? (Choose THREE)

An organization is deploying APIs on AWS and using Cisco API Security to protect them. The security team needs to detect 'Shadow APIs' that are being called but are not registered in the API documentation. How should the solution be configured?

Which Cisco solution is primarily designed to provide visibility and protection for SaaS applications like Office 365, Salesforce, and Slack?

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?

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

Your organization uses a hybrid cloud model. You are tasked with designing a security posture for workloads in AWS and Azure using Cisco Secure Workload. What is the benefit of the 'Anywhere' agent approach?

Which capability is provided by Cisco Cloudlock's integration with the SaaS platform via API?

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

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