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SY0-501 · Question #315
Which of the following delineates why it is important to perform egress filtering and monitoring on Internet connected security zones of interfaces on a firewall?
The correct answer is C. Outbound traffic could be communicating to known botnet sources. Outbound traffic could be communicating to known botnet sources.
Submitted by yaw92· Mar 4, 2026Security operations
Question
Which of the following delineates why it is important to perform egress filtering and monitoring on Internet connected security zones of interfaces on a firewall?
Options
- AEgress traffic is more important than ingress traffic for malware prevention
- BTo rebalance the amount of outbound traffic and inbound traffic
- COutbound traffic could be communicating to known botnet sources
- DTo prevent DDoS attacks originating from external network
How the community answered
(24 responses)- A8% (2)
- B13% (3)
- C75% (18)
- D4% (1)
Explanation
Outbound traffic could be communicating to known botnet sources.
Topics
#egress filtering#botnet detection#network monitoring#firewall policy
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