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700-551 · Question #2

What are three key business outcomes customers are looking to achieve? (Choose three.)

The correct answer is B. A managed environment E. Flexible Solutions F. Complete Protection. Customers typically seek B (A managed environment), E (Flexible Solutions), and F (Complete Protection) because these represent high-level strategic goals: offloading operational burden, adapting solutions to changing needs, and achieving broad security coverage without gaps…

Identifying Customer Needs and Security Opportunities

Question

What are three key business outcomes customers are looking to achieve? (Choose three.)

Options

  • AAdditional firewalls for additional protection
  • BA managed environment
  • CAccess to user's personal information
  • DCyber data defense
  • EFlexible Solutions
  • FComplete Protection

How the community answered

(27 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • B
    93% (25)
  • C
    4% (1)

Explanation

Customers typically seek B (A managed environment), E (Flexible Solutions), and F (Complete Protection) because these represent high-level strategic goals: offloading operational burden, adapting solutions to changing needs, and achieving broad security coverage without gaps.

Why the distractors are wrong:

  • A (Additional firewalls) is a specific technical tool, not a business outcome - customers want outcomes, not individual products.
  • C (Access to user's personal information) describes a privacy risk or threat, not a desired business goal.
  • D (Cyber data defense) is too narrow and tactical; it's a sub-component of Complete Protection, not a standalone business outcome.

Memory tip: Think of the "BEF" trio as what a business executive cares about - "Burden off my team, Enough flexibility to grow, Full coverage with no gaps." Executives don't ask for firewalls (A) or data access (C); they ask for managed, flexible, complete solutions.

Topics

#customer business outcomes#customer needs#value propositions#security requirements

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