Question 200
During a post-incident review at a regional data center, the original problem was: A policy permits a documented remote administration application but lacks the required anti-spyware profile despite explicit endpoint-control policy. Which preventive practice most directly addresses its cause?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Add profile checks to privileged application rule approvals. This control reduces recurrence of the documented mechanism: Application matching does not automatically provide content threat-prevention controls. It creates a repeatable check around the needed response: Keep the narrow allow and attach the approved security inspection profile group.
Incorrect Answers
Integrate firewall identity map invalidation with privileged account termination. That safeguard addresses another potential failure: A user group rule is unexpectedly hit by a former employee whose cached identity mapping has not expired after offboarding. It is not the most targeted recurring control for the described cause: Application matching does not automatically provide content threat-prevention controls.
Include pre-NAT and post-NAT identity checks in policy testing. That safeguard addresses another potential failure: A source NAT rule translates a SaaS connection but the associated Security permit applies to the public translated address instead of the original inside source. It is not the most targeted recurring control for the described cause: Application matching does not automatically provide content threat-prevention controls.
Analyze rule hit counts and precedence for identity policy changes. That safeguard addresses another potential failure: A user identification policy rule looks correct, but traffic logs show the session matching an earlier any-user permit rule. It is not the most targeted recurring control for the described cause: Application matching does not automatically provide content threat-prevention controls.