What component of NGFW and NGIPS provides a unified image, which includes the Cisco ASA features and FirePOWER Services?

Question

Options

• ACloudlock
• BNext Generation IPS
• CMeraki MX
• DFirepower Threat Defense
• EAdvanced Malware Protection

• A
  93% (40)
• C
  5% (2)
• E
  2% (1)

Explanation

There appears to be an error in the provided answer key - Cloudlock (A) is not correct. The actual correct answer is D. Firepower Threat Defense (FTD).

Firepower Threat Defense is Cisco's unified software image that merges the traditional Cisco ASA stateful firewall/VPN capabilities with FirePOWER Services (IPS, application visibility, URL filtering, malware protection) into a single integrated platform - which is exactly what the question describes.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A. Cloudlock - A Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) for SaaS security; completely unrelated to NGFW/NGIPS unified images.
• B. Next Generation IPS - Describes a category/function, not the specific unified image product.
• C. Meraki MX - A cloud-managed security appliance in a different product line; not the ASA+FirePOWER fusion.
• E. Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) - A threat intelligence and malware detection service; one feature within FirePOWER, not the unified image itself.

Memory tip: Think "FTD = Full Threat Defense" - it's the product that fully combines the old ASA (firewall/VPN) with FirePOWER (IPS/AMP/URL) into one image, one management plane. If a question mentions "unified image" + "ASA" + "FirePOWER" together, the answer is always FTD.

Note for exam prep: Double-check your source material - the answer key you received incorrectly lists A (Cloudlock) as correct. On the actual exam (likely CCNP Security or Cisco Security certification), FTD is the correct answer.

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