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What are three main challenges addressed by Cisco's cloud delivered security solutions? (Choose three.)
The correct answer is B. Solutions often require frequent hardware updates E. Frequently installing new servers, appliances, and devices adds to the maintenance workload F. IT staff must continuously grow with additional specializations to address the solutions. Cisco's cloud-delivered security model is specifically designed to tackle the operational and staffing burdens of traditional on-premises security deployments. B is correct because physical hardware requires periodic upgrades to stay effective, which cloud delivery eliminates…
Question
What are three main challenges addressed by Cisco's cloud delivered security solutions? (Choose three.)
Options
- AThreats are becoming too advanced tor traditional hardware
- BSolutions often require frequent hardware updates
- CEmployees are unable to work remotely
- DBusinesses are using email too frequently
- EFrequently installing new servers, appliances, and devices adds to the maintenance workload
- FIT staff must continuously grow with additional specializations to address the solutions
How the community answered
(57 responses)- A2% (1)
- B88% (50)
- C4% (2)
- D7% (4)
Explanation
Cisco's cloud-delivered security model is specifically designed to tackle the operational and staffing burdens of traditional on-premises security deployments. B is correct because physical hardware requires periodic upgrades to stay effective, which cloud delivery eliminates; E is correct because provisioning and maintaining on-premises appliances creates an ongoing workload that cloud offloads to the vendor; and F is correct because managing fragmented on-premises tools demands ever-expanding specialist knowledge, whereas cloud consolidation reduces that pressure.
The distractors fail for these reasons: A conflates a general threat-landscape concern with a specific operational challenge - hardware can also be upgraded to handle advanced threats, so this isn't a defining driver for cloud adoption in Cisco's framing. C is factually backwards - employees can work remotely, and cloud security actually enables that more easily. D is a nonsense distractor; email frequency is not a security infrastructure challenge.
Memory tip: Think "HIM" - Hardware refresh costs (B), Installation/maintenance burden (E), Manpower specialization demands (F). All three are operational overhead problems that cloud delivery shifts to the vendor, which is the core value proposition.
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