Cisco 300-710 Practice Test 74
Question 730
An engineer validates a Cisco Secure Firewall implementation: A firewall blocks based on an old domain feed because the connector has not successfully refreshed for several days. Which TWO complementary choices provide the most appropriate corrective action and its direct independent verification? Select TWO answers.
- Assume merely adding a third-party feed URL guarantees its indicators are parsed, current and enforced correctly.
- Use supported FMC event export to Splunk, validate ingestion source types, stable fields, time and deduplication semantics.
- Configure supported Threat Intelligence Director feed format, scheduling and ingestion validation with approved indicator scope.
- Inspect file hash, initial and updated verdict times, retrospective event and corresponding endpoint telemetry.
- Inspect feed parsing and refresh logs, representative indicator entries, ingestion counts and related policy events.
Explanation
Correct Answers
C:Appropriate implementation: Configure supported Threat Intelligence Director feed format, scheduling and ingestion validation with approved indicator scope. Case details: A firewall blocks based on an old domain feed because the connector has not successfully refreshed for several days. Governing behavior: Threat Intelligence Director relies on compatible feed data and timely updates; a configured URL does not prove an indicator is active.
E:Direct independent How to verify: Inspect feed parsing and refresh logs, representative indicator entries, ingestion counts and related policy events.
Incorrect Answers
A:Unsafe or unsupported shortcut for this firewall scenario: Assume merely adding a third-party feed URL guarantees its indicators are parsed, current and enforced correctly.
B:That option would use supported FMC event export to Splunk, validate ingestion source types, stable fields, time and deduplication semantics, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Threat Intelligence Director relies on compatible feed data and timely updates; a configured URL does not prove an indicator is active.
D:This alternative describes a different control, Malware Defense dynamic file intelligence and retrospective analysis, rather than this scenario’s Threat Intelligence Director custom feed ingestion: Inspect file hash, initial and updated verdict times, retrospective event and corresponding endpoint telemetry.
Question 731
A security operations incident describes: An external threat feed incorrectly labels a major software-update CDN as hostile and traffic is broadly denied. Which security configuration or operational step BEST addresses the requirement? Select ONE best answer.
- Apply feed confidence, source validation and narrowly governed exceptions before enforcing high-impact indicator actions.
- Assume every third-party indicator is suitable for permanent blocking without verification or expiry consideration.
- Configure supported Cisco Secure Endpoint telemetry integration and correlate host and file identities across network and endpoint events.
- Configure supported Security Analytics and Logging collection scope, retention and time synchronization with ingestion health checks.
Explanation
Correct Answer
A:Appropriate implementation: Apply feed confidence, source validation and narrowly governed exceptions before enforcing high-impact indicator actions.
Incorrect Answers
B:Unsafe or unsupported shortcut for this firewall scenario: Assume every third-party indicator is suitable for permanent blocking without verification or expiry consideration. It cannot establish the stated security outcome.
C:That option would configure supported Cisco Secure Endpoint telemetry integration and correlate host and file identities across network and endpoint events, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Threat indicators can be inaccurate or stale; enforcement depends on trustworthy provenance and contextual false-positive assessment.
D:This alternative describes a different control, Cisco Security Analytics and Logging visibility pipeline, rather than this scenario’s Threat Intelligence Director indicator confidence and exceptions: Configure supported Security Analytics and Logging collection scope, retention and time synchronization with ingestion health checks.
Question 732
During a firewall implementation acceptance test: An external threat feed incorrectly labels a major software-update CDN as hostile and traffic is broadly denied. Which firewall behavior or technical principle BEST explains the observed condition? Select ONE best answer.
- RTC coordinates containment through integrated policy and identity mechanisms; unsafe scoping can turn a security alert into widespread outage.
- Threat indicators can be inaccurate or stale; enforcement depends on trustworthy provenance and contextual false-positive assessment.
- Assume every third-party indicator is suitable for permanent blocking without verification or expiry consideration.
- External security integrations require valid authentication and appropriate scopes; zero incoming events can indicate connector failure.
Explanation
Correct Answer
B:Underlying platform principle: Threat indicators can be inaccurate or stale; enforcement depends on trustworthy provenance and contextual false-positive assessment.
Incorrect Answers
A:This alternative describes a different control, Rapid Threat Containment contextual action workflow, rather than this scenario’s Threat Intelligence Director indicator confidence and exceptions: RTC coordinates containment through integrated policy and identity mechanisms; unsafe scoping can turn a security alert into widespread outage.
C:Unsafe or unsupported shortcut for this firewall scenario: Assume every third-party indicator is suitable for permanent blocking without verification or expiry consideration. It cannot establish the stated security outcome.
D:This alternative describes a different control, Secure Endpoint connector permissions and health, rather than this scenario’s Threat Intelligence Director indicator confidence and exceptions: External security integrations require valid authentication and appropriate scopes; zero incoming events can indicate connector failure.
Question 733
A CCNP Security practice scenario presents this condition: An external threat feed incorrectly labels a major software-update CDN as hostile and traffic is broadly denied. Which specific evidence is MOST useful to confirm the real root cause? Select ONE best answer.
- Inspect original intelligence evidence, indicator age, matched events, exception scope and change approval.
- Inspect source inventory, collector ingestion status, dropped event counters, retention policy and cross-system event timestamps.
- Inspect correlated identity, trigger conditions, supported enforcement path, action audit and an authorized test quarantine.
- Assume every third-party indicator is suitable for permanent blocking without verification or expiry consideration.
Explanation
Correct Answer
A:Direct independent verification: Inspect original intelligence evidence, indicator age, matched events, exception scope and change approval.
Incorrect Answers
B:That option would inspect source inventory, collector ingestion status, dropped event counters, retention policy and cross-system event timestamps, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Threat indicators can be inaccurate or stale; enforcement depends on trustworthy provenance and contextual false-positive assessment.
C:That option would inspect correlated identity, trigger conditions, supported enforcement path, action audit and an authorized test quarantine, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Threat indicators can be inaccurate or stale; enforcement depends on trustworthy provenance and contextual false-positive assessment.
D:Unsafe or unsupported shortcut for this firewall scenario: Assume every third-party indicator is suitable for permanent blocking without verification or expiry consideration. Case details: An external threat feed incorrectly labels a major software-update CDN as hostile and traffic is broadly denied. Governing behavior: Threat indicators can be inaccurate or stale; enforcement depends on trustworthy provenance and contextual false-positive assessment.
Question 734
A firewall service owner escalates the following: An external threat feed incorrectly labels a major software-update CDN as hostile and traffic is broadly denied. Which observed result BEST confirms that the change meets the intended security requirement? Select ONE best answer.
- The incident case links a specific network transfer to the correct endpoint artifact with defensible timestamps and identifiers.
- Assume every third-party indicator is suitable for permanent blocking without verification or expiry consideration.
- High-confidence harmful indicators are actionable while legitimate destinations remain available through documented review and reversible controls.
- FMC receives current approved identity attributes and policy decisions reflect validated user or endpoint context.
Explanation
Correct Answer
C:Required acceptance evidence: High-confidence harmful indicators are actionable while legitimate destinations remain available through documented review and reversible controls.
Incorrect Answers
A:This alternative describes a different control, Secure Endpoint integration and file trajectory correlation, rather than this scenario’s Threat Intelligence Director indicator confidence and exceptions: The incident case links a specific network transfer to the correct endpoint artifact with defensible timestamps and identifiers.
B:Unsafe or unsupported shortcut for this firewall scenario: Assume every third-party indicator is suitable for permanent blocking without verification or expiry consideration. Case details: An external threat feed incorrectly labels a major software-update CDN as hostile and traffic is broadly denied. Governing behavior: Threat indicators can be inaccurate or stale; enforcement depends on trustworthy provenance and contextual false-positive assessment. Approved action: Apply feed confidence, source validation and narrowly governed exceptions before enforcing high-impact indicator actions. Independent evidence: Inspect original intelligence evidence, indicator age, matched events, exception scope and change approval. Acceptance criterion: High-confidence harmful indicators are actionable while legitimate destinations remain available through documented review and reversible controls.
D:This alternative describes a different control, FMC pxGrid identity context exchange, rather than this scenario’s Threat Intelligence Director indicator confidence and exceptions: FMC receives current approved identity attributes and policy decisions reflect validated user or endpoint context.
Question 735
An approved maintenance window surfaces this issue: An external threat feed incorrectly labels a major software-update CDN as hostile and traffic is broadly denied. Which misleading assumption MOST directly causes this issue and must be rejected? Select ONE best answer.
- Assume every forwarded log string is parsed into reliable Splunk firewall fields automatically without validation.
- Assume every third-party indicator is suitable for permanent blocking without verification or expiry consideration.
- Assume file event logging alone guarantees a malicious file was prevented from reaching every endpoint.
- Assume an analytics dashboard can recover security events that were never forwarded or retained by the source.
Explanation
Correct Answer
B:Reject the scenario-specific unsafe assumption: Assume every third-party indicator is suitable for permanent blocking without verification or expiry consideration. The stated shortcut conflicts with the intended control and its documented verification.
Incorrect Answers
A:That option would assume every forwarded log string is parsed into reliable Splunk firewall fields automatically without validation, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Threat indicators can be inaccurate or stale; enforcement depends on trustworthy provenance and contextual false-positive assessment.
C:That option would assume file event logging alone guarantees a malicious file was prevented from reaching every endpoint, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Threat indicators can be inaccurate or stale; enforcement depends on trustworthy provenance and contextual false-positive assessment.
D:That option would assume an analytics dashboard can recover security events that were never forwarded or retained by the source, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Threat indicators can be inaccurate or stale; enforcement depends on trustworthy provenance and contextual false-positive assessment.
Question 736
A Secure Firewall deployment change request reports: A responder adds an unverified indicator from a social-media post to a blocking source without provenance or rollback plan. Which security configuration or operational step BEST addresses the requirement? Select ONE best answer.
- Review dynamic malware dispositions and retrospective updates, linking file hashes, events and affected host context.
- Configure supported Security Analytics and Logging collection scope, retention and time synchronization with ingestion health checks.
- Apply feed confidence, source validation and narrowly governed exceptions before enforcing high-impact indicator actions.
- Assume every third-party indicator is suitable for permanent blocking without verification or expiry consideration.
Explanation
Correct Answer
C:Appropriate implementation: Apply feed confidence, source validation and narrowly governed exceptions before enforcing high-impact indicator actions.
Incorrect Answers
A:That option would review dynamic malware dispositions and retrospective updates, linking file hashes, events and affected host context, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Threat indicators can be inaccurate or stale; enforcement depends on trustworthy provenance and contextual false-positive assessment.
B:This alternative describes a different control, Cisco Security Analytics and Logging visibility pipeline, rather than this scenario’s Threat Intelligence Director indicator confidence and exceptions: Configure supported Security Analytics and Logging collection scope, retention and time synchronization with ingestion health checks.
D:Unsafe or unsupported shortcut for this firewall scenario: Assume every third-party indicator is suitable for permanent blocking without verification or expiry consideration. It cannot establish the stated security outcome.
Question 737
An FMC policy and traffic review discovers: A responder adds an unverified indicator from a social-media post to a blocking source without provenance or rollback plan. Which firewall behavior or technical principle BEST explains the observed condition? Select ONE best answer.
- Threat Intelligence Director relies on compatible feed data and timely updates; a configured URL does not prove an indicator is active.
- Assume every third-party indicator is suitable for permanent blocking without verification or expiry consideration.
- Threat indicators can be inaccurate or stale; enforcement depends on trustworthy provenance and contextual false-positive assessment.
- XDR aggregates security signals and may orchestrate supported responses, but integration capabilities and authorization limit available actions.
Explanation
Correct Answer
C:Underlying platform principle: Threat indicators can be inaccurate or stale; enforcement depends on trustworthy provenance and contextual false-positive assessment.
Incorrect Answers
A:This alternative describes a different control, Threat Intelligence Director custom feed ingestion, rather than this scenario’s Threat Intelligence Director indicator confidence and exceptions: Threat Intelligence Director relies on compatible feed data and timely updates; a configured URL does not prove an indicator is active.
B:Unsafe or unsupported shortcut for this firewall scenario: Assume every third-party indicator is suitable for permanent blocking without verification or expiry consideration. Case details: A responder adds an unverified indicator from a social-media post to a blocking source without provenance or rollback plan. Governing behavior: Threat indicators can be inaccurate or stale; enforcement depends on trustworthy provenance and contextual false-positive assessment.
D:This alternative describes a different control, Cisco XDR investigation correlation and response, rather than this scenario’s Threat Intelligence Director indicator confidence and exceptions: XDR aggregates security signals and may orchestrate supported responses, but integration capabilities and authorization limit available actions.
Question 738
An engineer validates a Cisco Secure Firewall implementation: A responder adds an unverified indicator from a social-media post to a blocking source without provenance or rollback plan. Which specific evidence is MOST useful to confirm the real root cause? Select ONE best answer.
- Inspect incident evidence graph, source timestamps, response connector state, action permissions and affected endpoint identity.
- Assume every third-party indicator is suitable for permanent blocking without verification or expiry consideration.
- Inspect file hash, initial and updated verdict times, retrospective event and corresponding endpoint telemetry.
- Inspect original intelligence evidence, indicator age, matched events, exception scope and change approval.
Explanation
Correct Answer
D:Direct independent verification: Inspect original intelligence evidence, indicator age, matched events, exception scope and change approval.
Incorrect Answers
A:That option would inspect incident evidence graph, source timestamps, response connector state, action permissions and affected endpoint identity, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Threat indicators can be inaccurate or stale; enforcement depends on trustworthy provenance and contextual false-positive assessment.
B:Unsafe or unsupported shortcut for this firewall scenario: Assume every third-party indicator is suitable for permanent blocking without verification or expiry consideration. Case details: A responder adds an unverified indicator from a social-media post to a blocking source without provenance or rollback plan. Governing behavior: Threat indicators can be inaccurate or stale; enforcement depends on trustworthy provenance and contextual false-positive assessment. Approved action: Apply feed confidence, source validation and narrowly governed exceptions before enforcing high-impact indicator actions. Independent evidence: Inspect original intelligence evidence, indicator age, matched events, exception scope and change approval. Acceptance criterion: High-confidence harmful indicators are actionable while legitimate destinations remain available through documented review and reversible controls.
C:That option would inspect file hash, initial and updated verdict times, retrospective event and corresponding endpoint telemetry, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Threat indicators can be inaccurate or stale; enforcement depends on trustworthy provenance and contextual false-positive assessment.
Question 739
A security operations incident describes: A responder adds an unverified indicator from a social-media post to a blocking source without provenance or rollback plan. Which observed result BEST confirms that the change meets the intended security requirement? Select ONE best answer.
- High-confidence harmful indicators are actionable while legitimate destinations remain available through documented review and reversible controls.
- Expected validated indicators appear with current timestamps and trigger only their approved detection or blocking actions.
- FMC receives current approved identity attributes and policy decisions reflect validated user or endpoint context.
- Assume every third-party indicator is suitable for permanent blocking without verification or expiry consideration.
Explanation
Correct Answer
A:Required acceptance evidence: High-confidence harmful indicators are actionable while legitimate destinations remain available through documented review and reversible controls.
Incorrect Answers
B:This alternative describes a different control, Threat Intelligence Director custom feed ingestion, rather than this scenario’s Threat Intelligence Director indicator confidence and exceptions: Expected validated indicators appear with current timestamps and trigger only their approved detection or blocking actions.
C:This alternative describes a different control, FMC pxGrid identity context exchange, rather than this scenario’s Threat Intelligence Director indicator confidence and exceptions: FMC receives current approved identity attributes and policy decisions reflect validated user or endpoint context. Case details: A responder adds an unverified indicator from a social-media post to a blocking source without provenance or rollback plan. Governing behavior: Threat indicators can be inaccurate or stale; enforcement depends on trustworthy provenance and contextual false-positive assessment. Approved action: Apply feed confidence, source validation and narrowly governed exceptions before enforcing high-impact indicator actions. Independent evidence: Inspect original intelligence evidence, indicator age, matched events, exception scope and change approval. Acceptance criterion: High-confidence harmful indicators are actionable while legitimate destinations remain available through documented review and reversible controls.
D:Unsafe or unsupported shortcut for this firewall scenario: Assume every third-party indicator is suitable for permanent blocking without verification or expiry consideration.
Question 740
During a firewall implementation acceptance test: A responder adds an unverified indicator from a social-media post to a blocking source without provenance or rollback plan. Which TWO complementary choices provide the most appropriate corrective action and its direct independent verification? Select TWO answers.
- Assume every third-party indicator is suitable for permanent blocking without verification or expiry consideration.
- Inspect token validity, connector role permissions, integration status, ingestion lag and a known controlled endpoint alert.
- Inspect original intelligence evidence, indicator age, matched events, exception scope and change approval.
- Apply feed confidence, source validation and narrowly governed exceptions before enforcing high-impact indicator actions.
- Configure supported Security Analytics and Logging collection scope, retention and time synchronization with ingestion health checks.
Explanation
Correct Answers
C:Direct independent How to verify: Inspect original intelligence evidence, indicator age, matched events, exception scope and change approval.
D:Appropriate implementation: Apply feed confidence, source validation and narrowly governed exceptions before enforcing high-impact indicator actions. Case details: A responder adds an unverified indicator from a social-media post to a blocking source without provenance or rollback plan. Governing behavior: Threat indicators can be inaccurate or stale; enforcement depends on trustworthy provenance and contextual false-positive assessment.
Incorrect Answers
A:Unsafe or unsupported shortcut for this firewall scenario: Assume every third-party indicator is suitable for permanent blocking without verification or expiry consideration.
B:That option would inspect token validity, connector role permissions, integration status, ingestion lag and a known controlled endpoint alert, but it addresses a different concern. Governing behavior: Threat indicators can be inaccurate or stale; enforcement depends on trustworthy provenance and contextual false-positive assessment.
E:This alternative describes a different control, Cisco Security Analytics and Logging visibility pipeline, rather than this scenario’s Threat Intelligence Director indicator confidence and exceptions: Configure supported Security Analytics and Logging collection scope, retention and time synchronization with ingestion health checks. Case details: A responder adds an unverified indicator from a social-media post to a blocking source without provenance or rollback plan. Governing behavior: Threat indicators can be inaccurate or stale; enforcement depends on trustworthy provenance and contextual false-positive assessment.