Which three features are Combined on a Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER services? (Choose three )

Question

Options

• Aidentity services management
• Bemail compromise, spoofing, and phishing protection
• Cadvanced malware protection
• Dintrusion prevention
• ECMX analytics
• Ffirewall

• A
  7% (3)
• B
  2% (1)
• C
  88% (38)
• E
  2% (1)

Explanation

Cisco's ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services is specifically marketed as combining three security functions into one platform: a traditional stateful firewall (F), intrusion prevention system/IPS (D), and advanced malware protection/AMP (C). This trio forms Cisco's "next-generation firewall" (NGFW) solution designed to collapse multiple security appliances into one device.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (Identity services management) belongs to Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), a separate product.
• B (Email protection) is the domain of Cisco's Email Security Appliance (ESA/Secure Email), not a firewall platform.
• E (CMX analytics) is Cisco's Connected Mobile Experiences platform for Wi-Fi location analytics - completely unrelated to this appliance.

Memory tip: Use the acronym "FIM" - Firewall, Intrusion Prevention, Malware Protection. These are the three pillars of what makes an ASA "next-gen." If an answer choice sounds like it belongs to a different Cisco product family (ISE, ESA, CMX), it's a distractor.

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