Which two options are features of the endpoints threat-centric solution? (Choose two.)

Question

Options

• Aremote VPN
• Bfuzzy fingerprinting
• CURL filtering
• Dantivirus defense
• Eweb proxy

• A
  4% (1)
• B
  81% (21)
• C
  4% (1)
• E
  12% (3)

Explanation

Endpoint threat-centric solutions focus on protecting individual devices from malware and advanced threats - antivirus defense (D) is a foundational endpoint protection capability that detects and blocks known malicious files, while fuzzy fingerprinting (B) is an advanced technique used by solutions like Cisco AMP for Endpoints to identify polymorphic or slightly modified malware variants by comparing file characteristics with a tolerance for variation, catching threats that evade exact-match signature detection.

The distractors describe network-layer or access technologies rather than endpoint features: remote VPN (A) provides secure remote connectivity, URL filtering (C) is a web security control typically enforced at the network edge or via DNS/proxy, and web proxy (E) is a network intermediary function - none of these are classified under the endpoint threat-centric pillar of Cisco's security architecture.

Memory tip: Think "endpoint = the device itself" - fuzzy fingerprinting and antivirus both live on the host to analyze files, whereas VPN, URL filtering, and web proxy all operate at the network level between the device and the internet.

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