Which two benefits does AMP provide compared to the other scanning engines on the Cisco WSA? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is B. protection against zero-day attacks D. protection against viruses. Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) offers unique advantages over traditional scanning engines like Sophos and McAfee on the WSA. Protection against zero-day attacks (B) is a key AMP differentiator - AMP uses cloud-based threat intelligence, behavioral analysis, and sandboxin

Cisco WSA DVS and AMP

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Options

Aprotection against malware
Bprotection against zero-day attacks
Cprotection against spam
Dprotection against viruses
Eprotection against targeted file-based attacks

How the community answered

(56 responses)

A
2% (1)
B
91% (51)
C
4% (2)
E
4% (2)

Explanation

Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) offers unique advantages over traditional scanning engines like Sophos and McAfee on the WSA. Protection against zero-day attacks (B) is a key AMP differentiator - AMP uses cloud-based threat intelligence, behavioral analysis, and sandboxing to detect previously unknown threats that traditional signature-based engines miss. Protection against viruses (D) is strengthened by AMP's retrospective security capability, which can retroactively flag files as malicious after new threat intelligence emerges, even after the file has already passed inspection. Options A and C (general malware and spam) are covered by traditional engines. Option E (targeted file-based attacks) is also an AMP strength, but B and D represent the most distinct AMP advantages in this context.

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#AMP#Zero-day attacks#Malware protection#Cisco WSA

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