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700-281 · Question #9

What feature on the WSA provides Day Zero Revocation of access to third party sites such as Salesforce?

The correct answer is B. SaaS Access Control. SaaS Access Control is correct because it is the specific WSA feature designed to manage and enforce access policies for cloud-based SaaS applications (like Salesforce, Box, or Office 365), including the ability to immediately revoke user access on Day Zero - meaning no waiting…

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Question

What feature on the WSA provides Day Zero Revocation of access to third party sites such as Salesforce?

Options

  • AApplication Visibility and Control
  • BSaaS Access Control
  • CDynamic Vectoring and Streaming engine
  • DDay Zero Revocation engine

How the community answered

(54 responses)
  • A
    4% (2)
  • B
    93% (50)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    2% (1)

Explanation

SaaS Access Control is correct because it is the specific WSA feature designed to manage and enforce access policies for cloud-based SaaS applications (like Salesforce, Box, or Office 365), including the ability to immediately revoke user access on Day Zero - meaning no waiting for signature updates or policy sync cycles.

Why the distractors are wrong:

  • A. Application Visibility and Control (AVC) identifies and categorizes application traffic for policy enforcement, but it does not provide SaaS-specific revocation capabilities.
  • C. Dynamic Vectoring and Streaming (DVS) engine is the WSA's underlying malware-scanning engine - it inspects content for threats, not access privileges to external SaaS platforms.
  • D. Day Zero Revocation engine sounds convincing but is fabricated - no such named engine exists on the WSA; this is a classic exam trap that mirrors the question's own terminology.

Memory tip: Think "SaaS controls SaaS." If the question involves a cloud service (Salesforce, Dropbox, etc.) and access revocation, SaaS Access Control is your answer. Whenever you see "Day Zero" + "third-party site," map it to the feature that literally has "SaaS" in its name.

Topics

#SaaS Access Control#Day Zero Revocation#Third-party applications#Access management

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