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350-701 · Question #264

What does Cisco AMP for Endpoints use to help an organization detect different families of malware?

The correct answer is A. Ethos Engine to perform fuzzy fingerprinting. ETHOS is the Cisco file grouping engine. It allows us to group families of files together so if we see variants of a malware, we mark the ETHOS hash as malicious and whole families of malware are instantly detected.

Submitted by chiamaka_o· Mar 30, 2026Endpoint Protection and Detection

Question

What does Cisco AMP for Endpoints use to help an organization detect different families of malware?

Options

  • AEthos Engine to perform fuzzy fingerprinting
  • BTetra Engine to detect malware when me endpoint is connected to the cloud
  • CClam AV Engine to perform email scanning
  • DSpero Engine with machine learning to perform dynamic analysis

How the community answered

(46 responses)
  • A
    89% (41)
  • C
    7% (3)
  • D
    4% (2)

Explanation

ETHOS is the Cisco file grouping engine. It allows us to group families of files together so if we see variants of a malware, we mark the ETHOS hash as malicious and whole families of malware are instantly detected.

Topics

#Cisco AMP for Endpoints#Malware detection#Ethos Engine#Endpoint security

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