Question 490
At Aspen Digital, a team reports that it corrected the following problem affecting advisory applications and shared files: A remote employee's Cisco Secure Client connects but can access networks outside their assigned group. Which observation BEST verifies that the correction actually worked?
Explanation
Correct Answer
The client reaches its approved application subnet but cannot connect to restricted networks. This is the decisive evidence for the original problem: A remote employee's Cisco Secure Client connects but can access networks outside their assigned group. It verifies that the intended corrective control—Apply group policy and authorization with least-privilege split or full-tunnel routing as intended—works in the relevant environment; a completed change ticket alone would not prove the outcome at Aspen Digital.
Incorrect Answers
The connected client resolves private names without leaking prohibited queries. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: An FTD remote-access deployment needs name resolution for private resources but the VPN client receives public resolvers only, usually addressed by Configure authorized VPN DNS settings and domain routing consistent with tunnel policy. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Aspen Digital was resolved. The specific required evidence is: The client reaches its approved application subnet but cannot connect to restricted networks.
Encrypted tunnel counters rise for intended private flows without unintended translation. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A firewall's NAT rules translate traffic intended for the site-to-site VPN, preventing selector matching, usually addressed by Review NAT exemption or identity NAT placement for the protected subnets. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Aspen Digital was resolved. The specific required evidence is: The client reaches its approved application subnet but cannot connect to restricted networks.
A valid password without the required second factor cannot open an administrative session. This would be relevant evidence for a different failure: A user VPN uses password-only authentication for a sensitive administrative application, usually addressed by Integrate supported multifactor authentication and policy assessment into the remote-access workflow. It does not demonstrate that the current problem at Aspen Digital was resolved. The specific required evidence is: The client reaches its approved application subnet but cannot connect to restricted networks.