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350-701 · Question #434

Which security solution uses NetFlow to provide visibility across the network, data center, branch offices, and cloud?

The correct answer is B. Cisco Secure Network Analytics. Cisco Secure Network Analytics (formerly Stealthwatch) leverages NetFlow data to provide comprehensive network visibility and detect threats across the entire infrastructure, including data centers, branches, and cloud environments.

Submitted by haru.x· Mar 30, 2026

Question

Which security solution uses NetFlow to provide visibility across the network, data center, branch offices, and cloud?

Options

  • ACisco CTA
  • BCisco Secure Network Analytics
  • CCisco Encrypted Traffic Analytics
  • DCisco Umbrella

How the community answered

(53 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    89% (47)
  • C
    4% (2)
  • D
    6% (3)

Why each option

Cisco Secure Network Analytics (formerly Stealthwatch) leverages NetFlow data to provide comprehensive network visibility and detect threats across the entire infrastructure, including data centers, branches, and cloud environments.

ACisco CTA

Cisco CTA (Cognitive Threat Analytics) is a cloud-based threat detection service that analyzes web proxy logs, not primarily NetFlow, to detect malware.

BCisco Secure Network AnalyticsCorrect

Cisco Secure Network Analytics, which evolved from Cisco Stealthwatch, is specifically designed to collect and analyze NetFlow (or IPFIX) data from various network devices to provide deep visibility into network traffic patterns. This extensive data allows it to detect anomalies, threats, and policy violations across physical, virtual, and cloud environments.

CCisco Encrypted Traffic Analytics

Cisco Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) is a feature within various Cisco platforms that uses NetFlow data to analyze encrypted traffic for threats without decryption, but it's a feature, not the overarching visibility solution described.

DCisco Umbrella

Cisco Umbrella provides DNS-layer security and Secure Web Gateway functionality, but its primary function is not comprehensive NetFlow-based network visibility.

Concept tested: NetFlow-based network visibility and analytics

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/network-analytics/index.html

Topics

#NetFlow#Network visibility#Network analytics#Cisco Secure Network Analytics

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