PCNSA Decryption and Monitoring Practice Question
A company wants to ensure that decryption policies are applied based on the user identity. The firewall is integrated with Active Directory. Which decryption policy matching criteria should be used?
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Source user
Source user allows matching based on user identity from AD.
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Source user
Why this is correct
Source user matches authenticated usernames.
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URL category
Why it's wrong here
URL category uses URL filtering, not user identity.
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Source zone
Why it's wrong here
Source zone uses network zones, not user identity.
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Source IP address
Why it's wrong here
Source IP does not use user identity.
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