CH 10

Question 1

powers the Cisco WSA, Cisco ESA, and Cisco SMA, and it is based on a FreeBSDbased kernel

Answer 1

Async Operation System (AsyncOS)

Question 2

includes a web proxy, a threat
analytics engine, antimalware engine, policy management, and reporting in a single physical
or virtual appliance. The main use is to protect users from accessing
malicious websites and being infected by malware.

Answer 2

Cisco WSA (web security appliance)

Question 3

What are the 2 modes Cisco WSA can be configured in?

Answer 3

■ Explicit forward mode
■ Transparent mode

Question 4

In which mode is the client configured to use the WSA

Answer 4

Explicit forward mode

Question 5

In which mode are the network devices configured to send traffic to the WSA

Answer 5

Transparent mode

Question 6

What is the protocol used by network device to redirect traffic to the WSA

Answer 6

WCCP (Web Cache Communication Protocol)

Question 7

When the Cisco WSA (as a web proxy) forwards a request, by default it changes the request
source IP address to match its own address. However, you can change this behavior by
enabling what?

Answer 7

Web Proxy IP Spoofing

Question 8

a reputation
service that enables you to control the messages that come through the Cisco ESA email
gateway based on the senders’ trustworthiness (reputation).

Answer 8

SenderBase

Question 9

provides centralized management and monitoring (reporting) of
Cisco WSAs and Cisco ESAs.

Answer 9

Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA)