NSE7 Advanced Threat Protection Practice Question
A company receives a threat intelligence feed that lists several IP addresses as malicious. The administrator wants to automatically block traffic from these IPs on FortiGate. Which TWO methods can achieve this? (Choose two.)
⚠ Common exam trap
It's easy for candidates to confuse FortiGuard Outbreak Prevention (a signature-based service) with the ability to ingest external threat feeds, or they think manual address groups are sufficient for automated threat blocking, missing the requirement for dynamic, feed-driven automation.
Answer choices
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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Configure an external connector to a threat intelligence feed and map it to an address object
FortiGate's external connector can ingest a threat intelligence feed (e.g., STIX/TAXII or CSV) and dynamically map it to an address object. This allows the firewall to automatically update its policy enforcement based on the feed without manual intervention. Option C is correct because an automation stitch can use a trigger (e.g., receiving a feed via webhook or script) and an action to update blocked IPs via the FortiOS API or CLI, providing real-time blocking.
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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Enable FortiGuard Outbreak Prevention
Why it's wrong here
Outbreak prevention uses FortiGuard feeds, not custom threat feeds.
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Configure an external connector to a threat intelligence feed and map it to an address object
Why this is correct
External connectors can pull threat feeds and update address objects automatically.
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Use an automation stitch with a trigger that receives the feed and an action to update blocked IPs
Why this is correct
Automation stitches can process incoming threat data and update FortiGate's blocked IP list.
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Configure a firewall policy to deny all traffic from unknown sources
Why it's wrong here
That is too broad and not based on threat feed.
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Create an address group and add the IPs manually
Why it's wrong here
Manual addition is not automated.
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