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700-765 · Question #168

What are two key capabilities of Meraki? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is A. application visibility and control E. identity-based and device-aware security. Cisco Meraki's two key capabilities are application visibility and control and identity-based/device-aware security, enabling granular policy enforcement across distributed networks.

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Question

What are two key capabilities of Meraki? (Choose two.)

Options

  • Aapplication visibility and control
  • Bsecurity automation
  • Ccontextual awareness
  • Ddevice profiling
  • Eidentity-based and device-aware security

How the community answered

(37 responses)
  • A
    92% (34)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • D
    5% (2)

Why each option

Cisco Meraki's two key capabilities are application visibility and control and identity-based/device-aware security, enabling granular policy enforcement across distributed networks.

Aapplication visibility and controlCorrect

Meraki MX security appliances and MR wireless access points provide deep application visibility and control using layer 7 inspection, allowing administrators to identify, monitor, throttle, or block specific applications across the network.

Bsecurity automation

Security automation is a primary capability of platforms like Cisco SecureX or SOAR solutions, not a core differentiating feature of Meraki.

Ccontextual awareness

Contextual awareness as a security capability is primarily associated with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), which correlates user, device, and location context to make access decisions.

Ddevice profiling

Detailed device profiling - building rich profiles of connecting endpoints - is a key feature of Cisco ISE, not a primary Meraki capability.

Eidentity-based and device-aware securityCorrect

Meraki supports identity-based and device-aware security policies by integrating with directory services and using device fingerprinting, enabling access rules that vary based on who is connecting and from what type of device.

Concept tested: Cisco Meraki key security capabilities

Source: https://documentation.meraki.com/MX/Firewall_and_Traffic_Shaping/Layer_7_Firewall_Rules

Topics

#Meraki#application visibility#identity-based security#device-aware security

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