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700-551 · Question #10

What application works with customers to eliminate security gaps and ensure safe data access and storage in the cloud across devices?

The correct answer is D. Stealthwatch. There appears to be an error in the provided answer key. Based on the question description, the correct answer is E. Cloudlock, not D. Cloudlock is Cisco's Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) - it is specifically designed to work with customers to eliminate security gaps and…

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Question

What application works with customers to eliminate security gaps and ensure safe data access and storage in the cloud across devices?

Options

  • AAMP Threat Grid
  • BNext Generation Firewall
  • CTrustSec
  • DStealthwatch
  • ECloudlock
  • FAnyConnect

How the community answered

(19 responses)
  • C
    5% (1)
  • D
    89% (17)
  • E
    5% (1)

Explanation

There appears to be an error in the provided answer key. Based on the question description, the correct answer is E. Cloudlock, not D.

Cloudlock is Cisco's Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) - it is specifically designed to work with customers to eliminate security gaps and ensure safe data access and storage in the cloud across devices, which matches the question exactly.

Why the distractors are wrong:

  • A. AMP Threat Grid - a malware analysis sandbox for behavioral threat intelligence, not cloud data governance
  • B. Next Generation Firewall - provides network-level filtering and intrusion prevention, not cloud access brokering
  • C. TrustSec - enforces network segmentation via Security Group Tags (SGTs), an on-network access control tool
  • D. Stealthwatch - a network traffic analytics tool (behavioral detection, flow analysis); it monitors for threats but doesn't manage cloud data access or storage
  • F. AnyConnect - a VPN/endpoint client for secure remote connectivity, not a CASB

Memory tip: Think "Cloud = Cloudlock." The word cloud is literally in its name, and CASB tools are the ones that act as the security broker between users/devices and cloud services - fitting the phrase "safe data access and storage in the cloud across devices" perfectly.

Heads up: Double-check your source material - the marked answer (D) does not align with the question's description. This may be a typo in your study guide.

Topics

#Stealthwatch#Network Visibility#Cloud Security#Security Assessment

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