700-765 · Question #161
Which two attack vectors are protected by Malware Protection? (Choose two.)
The correct answer is B. Email D. Mobile. Malware protection solutions are mapped specifically to the email and mobile attack vectors, where malicious files and applications are most commonly delivered.
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Which two attack vectors are protected by Malware Protection? (Choose two.)
Options
- AVoicemail
- BEmail
- CWeb
- DMobile
- EData Center
How the community answered
(23 responses)- A4% (1)
- B91% (21)
- C4% (1)
Why each option
Malware protection solutions are mapped specifically to the email and mobile attack vectors, where malicious files and applications are most commonly delivered.
Voicemail is not a recognized attack vector in Cisco's formal security framework and has no corresponding malware protection product mapping.
Email is the most prevalent malware delivery channel through malicious attachments, embedded links, and phishing lures; Cisco Secure Email with Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) inspects all inbound and outbound messages to detect and block malware before it reaches the end user. This makes email the canonical use case for malware protection in Cisco's security architecture.
Web threats are primarily mitigated by secure web gateways and DNS-layer security such as Cisco Umbrella rather than being the primary vector assigned to malware protection in this context.
Mobile devices are targeted by trojanized applications and platform-specific malware; Cisco security solutions provide malware detection and prevention capabilities for mobile endpoints to identify and block threats unique to that attack surface. Mobile is therefore a direct target of malware protection controls in Cisco's framework.
Data center security relies on firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, and segmentation as its primary controls, not malware protection as a mapped attack vector.
Concept tested: Malware protection mapped to attack vectors
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/advanced-malware-protection/index.html
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