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CAS-001 Question #349: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is B: Create a lab environment to evaluate each of the three firewall platforms.. When all three vendors satisfy the documented requirements on paper, hands-on lab testing is the most reliable way to differentiate them. A lab environment lets you verify actual throughput, latency, management interface usability, failover behavior, rule complexity handling, and

Question

An Association is preparing to upgrade their firewalls at five locations around the United States. Each of the three vendor's RFP responses is in-line with the security and other requirements. Which of the following should the security administrator do to ensure the firewall platform is appropriate for the Association?

Options

  • ACorrelate current industry research with the RFP responses to ensure validity.
  • BCreate a lab environment to evaluate each of the three firewall platforms.
  • CBenchmark each firewall platform's capabilities and experiences with similar sized companies.
  • DDevelop criteria and rate each firewall platform based on information in the RFP responses.

Explanation

When all three vendors satisfy the documented requirements on paper, hands-on lab testing is the most reliable way to differentiate them. A lab environment lets you verify actual throughput, latency, management interface usability, failover behavior, rule complexity handling, and integration with existing infrastructure under realistic conditions. RFP responses are vendor-supplied marketing documents that may overstate capabilities; correlating with industry research (A) and benchmarking with similar companies (C) provide useful context but lack direct applicability to your specific environment; rating based solely on RFP content (D) doesn't test real-world performance. Lab evaluation produces empirical, environment-specific data that cannot be obtained any other way.

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