Free Practice Questions for Cisco 300-740 Exam

Cisco Extended Detection and Response (XDR) leverages telemetry from Cisco Secure Endpoint, Secure Email, Secure Network Analytics, and other sources to correlate threat detections with contextual data, such as asset value and business impact. This allows Cisco XDR to prioritize threats not only by the risk of the detection but also by the importance of the affected asset—essentially assessing the risk to business. This dynamic and context-aware prioritization method enables security teams to address the most impactful threats first.

When integrating Cisco Cloudlock with SaaS platforms like Salesforce, two core authorizations are required: network access and API authorization. In the scenario, Cloudlock has been authorized in Salesforce, and its IP has been allow-listed. However, if access is still denied, the most likely cause is that Salesforce has not been configured to accept traffic from Cloudlock’s IP range — a process handled from the Salesforce admin panel.

To resolve the issue, network access must be explicitly granted to Cloudlock from within Salesforce. This ensures that Salesforce accepts requests initiated by Cloudlock for monitoring and enforcement.

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The JSON configuration shown is missing a specific Layer 4 parameter definition for port 25 (SMTP). Although the protocol (proto: 6, which is TCP) is defined, without specifying the actual port in the l4_params array, traffic filtering will not trigger on SMTP. Therefore, the engineer must add "port": [25, 25] to the l4_params section to ensure traffic on port 25 is blocked.

To enforce both user-based and device-based authentication on Cisco ASA, the tunnel group must include the command: authentication aaa certificate. This configuration requires that both a valid username/password (authenticated via AAA, such as Active Directory) and a trusted certificate (device identity) are present before allowing VPN access. Without this directive, only username/password credentials are validated, which leads to the scenario described in the question.

Rule 1 is a “deny all” rule placed at the top of the access control policy. Because Cisco firewalls process rules sequentially from top to bottom, Rule 1 is blocking all traffic—including RDP (Rule 2) and HTTPS (Rule 3). To allow specific traffic, the “deny all” catch-all rule should be placed last so that the specific allow rules are evaluated first.

SCAZT Section 3 (Network and Cloud Security, Pages 69–74) discusses rule hierarchy and clearly states that allow rules must precede any general deny policies to ensure intended traffic is matched correctly. This best practice is essential when dealing with multi-cloud access control.

Cisco Telemetry Broker (CTB) is designed to act as an intermediary that filters, enriches, and routes telemetry data—such as NetFlow, Syslog, and SNMP—across various tools. It optimizes resource usage by preventing overload and ensures only relevant telemetry is forwarded to appropriate analytics platforms.

The SCAZT guide (Section 5: Visibility and Assurance, Pages 93–95) describes CTB’s role in applying filters and transformations to raw telemetry data to enhance visibility and reduce noise.

The Zero Trust model relies on the principle of "never trust, always verify" and includes continuous verification based on real-time data. According to SCAZT Section 1 (Cloud Security Architecture, Pages 14–17), user and device behavior are key elements for continuous verification. Behavioral analytics evaluates deviations from typical activity, such as time of login, geolocation, access frequency, and resource usage to adapt trust levels dynamically. This is central to adaptive access control and risk-based authentication.

In the Cisco SAFE framework, Reference Architectures serve as blueprints that logically arrange security technologies and capabilities to specific business goals and network use cases. These architectures integrate technologies across domains (e.g., cloud, endpoint, branch) and reflect best practices for layered security.

SCAZT Section 1 (Cloud Security Architecture, Pages 13–15) states that Reference Architectures are built from Secure Domains and Places in the Network, offering a structured approach to threat defense.