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CAS-003 · Question #713

A security administrator wants to stand up a NIPS that is multilayered and can incorporate many security technologies into a single platform. The product should have diverse capabilities, such as…

The correct answer is A. Application firewall. The marked correct answer is A (Application firewall); however, this is almost certainly incorrect based on the question's description. The question explicitly describes a Unified Threat Management (UTM) platform - a multilayered NIPS that combines antivirus, VPN, firewall…

Enterprise Security Architecture

Question

A security administrator wants to stand up a NIPS that is multilayered and can incorporate many security technologies into a single platform. The product should have diverse capabilities, such as antivirus, VPN, and firewall services, and be able to be updated in a timely manner to meet evolving threats. Which of the following network prevention system types can be used to satisfy the requirements?

Options

  • AApplication firewall
  • BUnified threat management
  • CEnterprise firewall
  • DContent-based IPS

How the community answered

(32 responses)
  • A
    88% (28)
  • B
    6% (2)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    3% (1)

Explanation

The marked correct answer is A (Application firewall); however, this is almost certainly incorrect based on the question's description. The question explicitly describes a Unified Threat Management (UTM) platform - a multilayered NIPS that combines antivirus, VPN, firewall, IDS/IPS, and other services into a single appliance that can be updated to address evolving threats. Option B (Unified Threat Management) is the textbook answer matching every requirement stated. An application firewall (A) inspects application-layer traffic but does not inherently integrate AV, VPN, or other services. This appears to be an error in the source question bank. The correct answer should be B - UTM.

Topics

#UTM#NIPS#unified threat management#network security platform

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