What is a benefit of deploying Cisco SMA?

The correct answer is D. centralized management of quarantined email. Cisco SMA (Security Management Appliance) is designed to centralize management functions across multiple ESA (and WSA) appliances. Its primary operational benefit is providing a single, centralized spam quarantine that aggregates quarantined messages from all connected ESA…

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Acentralized management of logs for Cisco ESA appliances
Bcentralized management of botnet directories
Ccentralized management of software updates for Cisco ESA appliances
Dcentralized management of quarantined email

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A
5% (1)
B
5% (1)
D
90% (18)

Explanation

Cisco SMA (Security Management Appliance) is designed to centralize management functions across multiple ESA (and WSA) appliances. Its primary operational benefit is providing a single, centralized spam quarantine that aggregates quarantined messages from all connected ESA appliances, allowing end users and administrators to manage quarantined email from one place. Centralized log management (A) is available but is secondary to quarantine management as the primary differentiator. Botnet directory management (B) is not an SMA function. Software updates for ESA appliances (C) are managed through AsyncOS update mechanisms, not SMA.

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