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700-765 · Question #170

What are two reasons why perimeter-based network security is no longer sufficient? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is A. More users B. More devices. Perimeter-based security is no longer sufficient primarily because the explosion of users and devices has extended access well beyond the traditional network boundary, leaving perimeter controls unable to protect modern environments.

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Question

What are two reasons why perimeter-based network security is no longer sufficient? (Choose two.)

Options

  • AMore users
  • BMore devices
  • CMore IT professionals
  • DMore networks
  • EMore vulnerabilities

How the community answered

(26 responses)
  • A
    96% (25)
  • E
    4% (1)

Why each option

Perimeter-based security is no longer sufficient primarily because the explosion of users and devices has extended access well beyond the traditional network boundary, leaving perimeter controls unable to protect modern environments.

AMore usersCorrect

The increase in users - including remote workers, mobile employees, and third-party contractors - means large numbers of legitimate users regularly access resources from outside the corporate network perimeter, where perimeter firewalls provide no protection.

BMore devicesCorrect

The proliferation of devices such as employee-owned smartphones, tablets, and IoT endpoints creates massive numbers of access points that bypass perimeter controls entirely, making a perimeter-only model structurally insufficient.

CMore IT professionals

The number of IT professionals does not affect whether perimeter-based security is architecturally capable of protecting modern environments - staffing size is unrelated to the model's structural limitations.

DMore networks

While more networks is a related trend, it describes the environment rather than directly explaining why the perimeter model fails; the primary drivers are the users and devices that exist outside the perimeter.

EMore vulnerabilities

More vulnerabilities is a general security concern that has always existed, but it does not specifically explain the architectural inadequacy of perimeter-based models for modern distributed access patterns.

Concept tested: Limitations of perimeter-based network security models

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/what-is-network-security.html

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#perimeter security#BYOD#network expansion#threat landscape

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