Which two network visibility categories are supported by FirePOWER services beyond a typical next-generation firewall solution? (Choose two.)

Question

Options

• Amobile devices
• Bapplications
• Cusers
• Dfile transfers
• Eoperating systems

• A
  4% (1)
• B
  88% (22)
• D
  8% (2)

Explanation

Cisco FirePOWER Services differentiates itself from a typical NGFW by extending network visibility to application-layer awareness (B) and user identity (C) - moving policy enforcement from IP addresses and ports to who is doing what on the network. Application visibility allows FirePOWER to identify thousands of Layer 7 applications regardless of port, while user visibility ties network activity to individual Active Directory/LDAP identities, enabling identity-based policies that a standard stateful firewall cannot enforce.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A (mobile devices) - FirePOWER can detect device types, but mobile device visibility is a sub-feature of device/OS profiling, not one of the two primary visibility categories the question targets.
• D (file transfers) - File inspection (AMP) is a malware-detection capability, not a core network visibility category in this context.
• E (operating systems) - OS fingerprinting is a FirePOWER capability, but it falls under host profiling rather than being a distinct "beyond NGFW" visibility category in Cisco's curriculum framing.

Memory tip: Think "A-U" - FirePOWER's two headline visibility upgrades over a typical NGFW are Applications and Users. Everything else (files, OS, mobile) are features within those categories or separate add-ons.

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