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700-765 · Question #182

Which two attack vectors are protected by Next Gen IPS?(Choose two)

The correct answer is A. Corporate WAN B. Cloud. This question identifies the two network attack vectors that Cisco Next-Generation IPS is deployed to protect, which are corporate WAN traffic and cloud-based traffic.

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Question

Which two attack vectors are protected by Next Gen IPS?(Choose two)

Options

  • ACorporate WAN
  • BCloud
  • CVoicemail
  • DEndpoints
  • EEmail

How the community answered

(42 responses)
  • A
    88% (37)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    2% (1)
  • E
    7% (3)

Why each option

This question identifies the two network attack vectors that Cisco Next-Generation IPS is deployed to protect, which are corporate WAN traffic and cloud-based traffic.

ACorporate WANCorrect

Corporate WAN is a primary deployment point for Next-Gen IPS because it inspects traffic crossing internal network boundaries and between branch sites, detecting intrusion attempts and exploits transiting the enterprise network.

BCloudCorrect

Cloud environments are also protected by Next-Gen IPS capabilities, as organizations extend IPS policy enforcement to cloud workloads and cloud-edge traffic to detect threats targeting cloud-hosted applications and infrastructure.

CVoicemail

Voicemail is a specialized unified communications attack vector not within the traffic inspection scope of a network-based Next-Gen IPS.

DEndpoints

Endpoint attack vectors are addressed by endpoint detection and response or host-based IPS solutions, not network-deployed Next-Gen IPS.

EEmail

Email attack vectors are specifically addressed by dedicated email security gateways that inspect SMTP traffic, which is a separate product category from Next-Gen IPS.

Concept tested: Next-Generation IPS protected network attack vectors

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/ngips/index.html

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#Next-Gen IPS#attack vectors#cloud security#WAN security

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