300-740 Exam Dumps - Designing and Implementing Secure Cloud Access for Users and Endpoints (SCAZT)

The alert identifies known malicious communication from a host with Conduit software installed. Conduit is flagged as spyware/malware by Cisco Secure Analytics.

A: Alerting the incident response team is standard procedure when high-priority threats are confirmed.

E: Quarantining the host via endpoint isolation (e.g., Secure Endpoint or network-based access control) is a critical action to prevent lateral movement.

Blocking the IP alone (B) does not stop internal damage. Shutting down the host (D) prematurely removes forensic evidence. Uninstalling the software (C) should occur later during recovery after analysis.

Zero Trust is based on the concept of “never trust, always verify.” It ensures that no user or device is inherently trusted, even if they are inside the corporate network. Cisco’s Zero Trust Architecture implements continuous trust verification for every access request, using identity, device posture, and behavior analysis.

SCAZT Section 1 (Cloud Security Architecture, Pages 13–17) describes how Cisco’s Zero Trust model authenticates and authorizes access before permitting resource interaction.

To enable VPN load balancing with secure encryption between Cisco ASA firewalls, two additional commands are required:

encryption aes 256: Defines the encryption scheme used in the load balancing cluster. Without specifying encryption, secure key exchanges between devices will not occur properly.

cluster encryption: Enables encrypted communication between the clustered ASA devices. Without this command, cluster member synchronization is not securely established.

The commands shown in the exhibit correctly configure the cluster key and virtual IP but lack the necessary encryption parameters. According to Cisco’s VPN load balancing implementation guides and reinforced in the SCAZT documentation, these two settings are required to secure the VPN session load distribution.

When integrating Cisco ISE with Azure AD using SAML SSO:

B: The Azure AD metadata must be uploaded into ISE to establish trust and allow token validation.

D: External Identity Sources settings must be configured in ISE to recognize and process authentication requests via SAML-based identity providers like Azure AD.

These are mandatory steps for enabling browser-based SSO authentication in ISE as explained in SCAZT Section 2 (User and Device Security, Pages 42–44), which describes federated identity integration.

Note: Option A is already completed as stated in the prompt. Options C and E are not essential to the authentication flow in this SAML context.

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) is the central policy engine for posture assessments. As outlined in the SCAZT guide (Section 2: User and Device Security, Pages 39–44), to implement posture assessment and client provisioning correctly, an administrator must create posture policies within Cisco ISE and configure the Network Access Device (NAD)—such as a switch, WLC, or firewall—for redirection. This redirection sends the user to the posture portal, where ISE verifies the Secure Client modules (such as AnyConnect) and enforces compliance with antivirus signatures and OS updates.

ISE evaluates endpoint health based on pre-defined compliance rules and supports automatic remediation via the client provisioning portal. This ensures consistency and policy enforcement across distributed environments.

The screenshot from Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics shows a Role Violation alert. According to the “Supporting Observations” pane, the device with IP 10.201.0.15 is assigned the role of Domain Controller but has demonstrated traffic behavior matching an FTP client, connecting to ports 20, 21, 115, 152, 989, and 990. This discrepancy triggered the alert.

Cisco SCAZT documentation emphasizes that devices acting outside their expected network roles (e.g., a domain controller acting as an FTP client) indicate potential compromise or misuse. Role-based anomaly detection is part of Visibility and Assurance mechanisms where baseline behaviors are continuously monitored and flagged when changes occur outside expected policy or operational norms.

The App Discovery function in Cisco Umbrella enables organizations to identify cloud applications in use across their environment, including unsanctioned or shadow IT services. This is crucial for risk assessments and ranking cloud services based on their risk profile.

App Discovery analyzes DNS and web traffic to detect SaaS applications and assigns a risk score to each app based on industry best practices and Cisco Talos threat intelligence.

It provides visibility into cloud service usage and supports decisions about which applications should be allowed, restricted, or blocked.

📘 Reference (Cisco SCAZT Guide):

Section: Visibility and Assurance

Topic: Cisco Umbrella > App Discovery

Key Statement: "App Discovery helps identify cloud applications in use and provides risk ratings for each, allowing organizations to apply governance policies to risky or unsanctioned cloud services."

Pages: 84–86

MITRE ATT&CK is a globally accessible knowledge base that catalogs adversarial tactics and techniques based on real-world observations. According to SCAZT Section 6: Threat Response (Page 113), this framework enables security professionals to map and anticipate adversarial behavior throughout the attack lifecycle. It supports threat modeling, detection engineering, and incident response.