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700-551 · Question #42

Which are three key security vectors customers need to monitor to overcome security challenges? (Choose three)

The correct answer is A. Campus & Branch B. Cloud Apps E. Data Center. Campus & Branch (A), Cloud Apps (B), and Data Center (E) represent the three primary environments where organizational data lives, flows, and is accessed - making them the core attack surfaces that security teams must actively monitor. Campus & Branch covers the distributed…

Understanding the Security Landscape and Challenges

Question

Which are three key security vectors customers need to monitor to overcome security challenges? (Choose three)

Options

  • ACampus & Branch
  • BCloud Apps
  • CHackers Device
  • DSaaS and Cloud Platform
  • EData Center
  • FMalware Protection

How the community answered

(42 responses)
  • A
    93% (39)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    5% (2)

Explanation

Campus & Branch (A), Cloud Apps (B), and Data Center (E) represent the three primary environments where organizational data lives, flows, and is accessed - making them the core attack surfaces that security teams must actively monitor. Campus & Branch covers the distributed locations where employees work and connect, Cloud Apps encompasses the growing use of web-based applications and services that operate outside traditional perimeter controls, and the Data Center remains the heart of critical infrastructure and sensitive data storage.

Why the distractors are wrong:

  • C (Hackers Device) is not a security vector you monitor from your own infrastructure - it describes the attacker's tooling, not your attack surface.
  • D (SaaS and Cloud Platform) is a plausible distractor, but the question's framework consolidates cloud concerns under "Cloud Apps" (B); D is too narrowly worded and redundant.
  • F (Malware Protection) is a security control/solution, not a vector - it's what you deploy in response to threats, not a surface you monitor.

Memory tip: Think of the three pillars as "Where people work → Where apps live → Where data sits" = Branch, Cloud, Data Center. If an answer describes a tool or threat actor rather than a location or environment, eliminate it.

Topics

#Security Vectors#Network Domains#Cloud Security#Infrastructure Monitoring

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