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350-701 · Question #219

After a recent breach, an organization determined that phishing was used to gain initial access to the network before regaining persistence. The information gained from the phishing attack was a resul

The correct answer is D. Modify web proxy settings. The Web Security appliance intercepts requests that are forwarded to it by clients or other devices over the network. The appliance works in conjunction with other network devices to intercept traffic. These may be ordinary switches, transparent redirection devices network taps,a

Submitted by joshua94· Mar 30, 2026Content Security

Question

After a recent breach, an organization determined that phishing was used to gain initial access to the network before regaining persistence. The information gained from the phishing attack was a result of users visiting known malicious websites. What must be done in order to prevent this from happening in the future?

Options

  • AModify an access policy.
  • BModify identification profiles.
  • CModify outbound malware scanning policies
  • DModify web proxy settings

How the community answered

(25 responses)
  • A
    12% (3)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    24% (6)
  • D
    60% (15)

Explanation

The Web Security appliance intercepts requests that are forwarded to it by clients or other devices over the network. The appliance works in conjunction with other network devices to intercept traffic. These may be ordinary switches, transparent redirection devices network taps,and other proxy servers or Web Security appliances.

Topics

#Web proxy#URL filtering#Phishing prevention

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