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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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What are two key capabilities of Meraki? (Choose two.)
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- Aapplication visibility and control
- Bsecurity automation
- Ccontextual awareness
- Ddevice profiling
- Eidentity-based and device-aware security
How the community answered
(37 responses)- A92% (34)
- B3% (1)
- D5% (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.
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.
Security automation is a primary capability of platforms like Cisco SecureX or SOAR solutions, not a core differentiating feature of Meraki.
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.
Detailed device profiling - building rich profiles of connecting endpoints - is a key feature of Cisco ISE, not a primary Meraki capability.
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
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