XSIAM-Engineer Planning And Installation Practice Question
An administrator is planning network changes for an environment where endpoints communicate through a corporate HTTP proxy. To ensure Cortex XDR agents maintain continuous connectivity to the XSIAM tenant, what must the administrator verify regarding the proxy configuration?
Answer choices
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Correct answer & explanation
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The proxy must allow outbound HTTPS traffic to XSIAM FQDNs and support websocket connections without SSL inspection
Cortex XDR agents must be configured with the correct proxy settings (either via installer properties or agent settings) and the proxy must allow outbound HTTPS traffic to the required XSIAM FQDNs without SSL decryption interference.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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The proxy must allow outbound HTTPS traffic to XSIAM FQDNs and support websocket connections without SSL inspection
Why this is correct
Agents require uninterrupted HTTPS and websocket communication to the cloud backend, which fails if SSL inspection is applied.
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The proxy server must run a local Broker VM instance to cache agent heartbeat signals
Why it's wrong here
Broker VMs are standalone appliances for data collection, not proxy servers for agent endpoint communication.
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The proxy must translate all UDP syslog packets into TCP streams before forwarding
Why it's wrong here
Cortex XDR agents communicate with the cloud via HTTPS (TCP 443), not syslog protocols.
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The proxy must perform full SSL decryption on all agent-to-cloud traffic to inspect security payloads
Why it's wrong here
SSL decryption breaks certificate pinning used by security agents; proxies must bypass SSL inspection for XSIAM destinations.
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