Network Security Analyst Intermediate Practice Exam: Medium Difficulty 2025

A security analyst needs to create Security policy rules that allow outbound web browsing for all corporate users, but only for users in the AD group "Contractors" to access a specific SaaS application. User-ID is already working. Which object strategy best supports scalable policy creation and future reuse across multiple rules?

An analyst is asked to simplify policy management by using fewer address objects. Multiple branch offices use RFC1918 ranges that overlap, but each branch connects to a different zone and should have different access rules. Which approach most effectively avoids address object collisions while keeping policy readable?

A rule currently allows traffic from Trust to Untrust for application "web-browsing" and "ssl" with action Allow. The analyst adds a URL Filtering profile and wants to ensure blocked URL categories are enforced without unintentionally blocking other applications. What is the best practice change?

After a new Security policy is committed, users report intermittent access issues to a third-party API over HTTPS. The traffic matches a general outbound allow rule with a strict Security Profile Group attached. The analyst wants to quickly confirm whether a security profile is causing resets while minimizing risk. What is the best next step?

A company wants to prevent lateral movement by allowing only specific applications between user VLANs while still enabling DNS and DHCP. The analyst is designing a new intra-zone policy in the Trust zone. Which approach best balances security and operational requirements?

An analyst needs to allow Microsoft 365 access from users while ensuring only sanctioned tenants are reachable. They want to reduce ongoing administrative effort as Microsoft endpoints change frequently. Which solution best meets the requirement?

You are administering a multi-site environment using Strata Cloud Manager. A change window requires pushing a new security rule to only one site first, then to all other sites if validation succeeds. Which workflow best supports this staged rollout?

A security team notices that changes made directly on a locally managed firewall are later overwritten after a Strata Cloud Manager deployment. The analyst wants to prevent unexpected overrides while keeping centralized management as the source of truth. What is the best practice?

An analyst is asked to verify that security policy changes deployed via Strata Cloud Manager are actually taking effect and generating the expected logs. Which combination of actions best validates both enforcement and visibility?

A company enables Advanced Threat Prevention and wants to reduce the risk of zero-day malware downloads. The analyst must choose the subscription feature that most directly provides cloud-based analysis of unknown files and can return a verdict used in policy enforcement. Which service is the best fit?