350-701 Cisco Implementing and Operating Cisco Security Core Technologies (SCOR 350-701 v2.0) Free Practice Exam Questions (2026 Updated)

Cisco DNA Center is an open and extensible platform that allows third-party applications and processes to exchange data and intelligence with Cisco DNA Center1. One of the features of the open platform capabilities of Cisco DNA Center is the intent-based APIs, which enable DNA Center to provide automation to applications2. Intent-based APIs allow applications to express their intent or desired outcome, and let DNA Center translate that intent into network configurations and policies3. Intent-based APIs simplify the interaction between applications and the network, and enable faster and more consistent service delivery.

 1: Cisco DNA Center 2.3.5 Data Sheet - Cisco 2: Intent-Based Networking’s Next Evolution: The DNA Center Platform - Cisco Blogs 3: Unlocking the Power of Open Platforms with Cisco DNA Center Platform

The Southbound API is used to communicate between Controllers and network devices.

To achieve the goal of excluding some servers from the VPN tunnel and accessing them directly, the engineer must modify the group policy that is applied to the remote access VPN users. The group policy contains the settings for split tunneling, which is a feature that allows the VPN client to route some traffic through the VPN tunnel and some traffic directly to the internet. Split tunneling can be configured based on the destination IP address, the application, or the domain name of the traffic. By modifying the group policy, the engineer can specify which servers or networks should be excluded from the VPN tunnel and accessed directly by the VPN client. This can improve the performance and efficiency of the VPN connection, as well as reduce the load on the VPN gateway and the corporate network. However, split tunneling also introduces some security risks, such as exposing the VPN client to internet threats, bypassing the corporate firewall and security policies, and leaking sensitive data. Therefore, the engineer must carefully evaluate the trade-offs and best practices of using split tunneling for remote access VPNs. References :=

Implementing and Operating Cisco Security Core Technologies (SCOR) v1.0, Module 3: Secure Connectivity, Lesson 3.1: Implementing and Troubleshooting Remote Access VPN, Topic 3.1.4: Configure and Verify Remote Access VPN, Subtopic 3.1.4.2: Configure and Verify Split Tunneling

VPN Split Tunneling: What It Is & Pros and Cons

Cisco ASA - Enable Split Tunnel for Remote VPN Clients

Explanation

Posture is a service in Cisco Identity Services Engine (Cisco ISE) that allows you to check the state, also

known as posture, of all the endpoints that are connecting to a network for compliance with corporate security

policies.

A posture policy is a collection of posture requirements that are associated with one or more identity groups and

operating systems.

Posture-policy requirements can be set to mandatory, optional, or audit types in posture policies.

+ If a mandatory requirement fails, the user will be moved to Non-Compliant state

+ If an optional requirement fails, the user is allowed to skip the specified optional requirements and the user

is moved to Compliant state

This Qdid not clearly specify the type of posture policy requirement (mandatory or optional) is not met so the

user can be in Non-compliant or compliant state. But “noncompliant” is the best answer here.

Explanation

Prevalence allows you to view files that have been executed in your deployment.

Note: Threat Root Cause shows how malware is getting onto your computers.

DNS-layer security is a method of protecting users from cyberthreats by blocking malicious or risky domains before a connection is established. Cisco Umbrella is a cloud-based service that provides DNS-layer security by using Cisco Talos threat intelligence to filter DNS requests and prevent access to malicious domains. Cisco Umbrella also offers other security features, such as web filtering, cloud-delivered firewall, secure web gateway, and cloud access security broker. Cisco Umbrella can protect users on and off the corporate network, regardless of their location or device. Cisco Umbrella is compatible with other Cisco security solutions, such as Cisco ISE, Cisco FTD, and Cisco ASA, but it is the only one that offers DNS-layer security as a core capability. References:

What Is DNS Security? How Does It Work? - Cisco Umbrella

Why Umbrella DNS Security? - Cisco Umbrella

IETF RADIUS attribute 31 is Calling-Station-ID, which commonly carries the endpoint MAC address. Consequently, A is the only option that matches the attribute number stated in the requirement. Cisco ISE can use this endpoint identifier to correlate authentication context and locate the appropriate active session when issuing a Change of Authorization disconnect or reauthorization; Cisco’s monitoring guide confirms that CoA requires a MAC address or session ID. The ISE Administrator Guide explicitly identifies Calling-Station-ID as attribute 31. Message-Authenticator protects packet integrity; it is not attribute 31. Acct-Session-ID has a different attribute number, while NAS-Port-ID identifies the access port. Thus, configuring Calling-Station-ID satisfies the stated identification requirement.

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 To prevent rogue NTP servers from inserting themselves as the authoritative time source, the administrator needs to configure NTP authentication and specify the interface for syncing to the NTP server. NTP authentication allows the ASA to verify the identity and integrity of the NTP packets received from the server, using a shared secret key. Specifying the interface for syncing to the NTP server ensures that the ASA uses the correct source address for sending and receiving NTP packets, and avoids potential routing issues. The other options are not required or relevant for this task. Specifying the NTP version is optional and does not affect security. Configuring the NTP stratum is only applicable for NTP servers, not clients. The ASA can only act as an NTP client, not a server. Setting the NTP DNS hostname is not recommended, as it introduces a dependency on DNS resolution and may cause synchronization problems if the DNS server changes the IP address of the NTP server. References :=

Some possible references are:

Configure NTP Authentication on Secure Network Analytics

CLI Book 1: Cisco ASA Series General Operations CLI Configuration Guide, 9.6 - Basic Settings

Cisco ASA NTP and Clock Configuration with Examples

Explanation

You can configure discovery rules to tailor the discovery of host and application data to your needs.

The Firepower System can use data from NetFlow exporters to generate connection and discovery events, and to add host and application data to the network map.

A network analysis policy governs how traffic is decoded and preprocessed so it can be further evaluated, especially for anomalous traffic that might signal an intrusion attempt - > Answer D is not correct.

Explanation

The ASAv on AWS supports the following features:

+ Support for Amazon EC2 C5 instances, the next generation of the Amazon EC2 Compute Optimized instance

family.

+ Deployment in the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

+ Enhanced networking (SR-IOV) where available

+ Deployment from Amazon Marketplace

+ Maximum of four vCPUs per instance

+ User deployment of L3 networks

+ Routed mode (default)

Note: The Cisco Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance (ASAv) runs the same software as physical Cisco ASAs to deliver proven security functionality in a virtual form factor. The ASAv can be deployed in the public AWS cloud.

It can then be configured to protect virtual and physical data center workloads that expand, contract, or shift their location over time. Reference: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/asa96/asav/quick-start-book/asav-96 qsg/asavaws.html

SCP relies on SSH to provide authenticated and encrypted file transfer. After the required RSA keys exist and the SCP server has been enabled, the router should explicitly use SSH version 2 with the ip ssh version 2 command. Cisco documents that SCP is an application provided through SSH and that SSHv2 supplies the supported secure-shell transport and stronger protocol operation; see Cisco’s Secure Shell Version 2 configuration guide. Restricting individual SSH commands is an authorization refinement, not the next protocol-enablement step. Strict host-key checking is primarily a client-side trust behavior and does not activate the IOS SSH service. An ACL can restrict management sources, but denying LAN access does not establish SSH or SCP functionality. Consequently, enabling SSHv2 is the required action.

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At the solution-architecture level, the exporter is the NetFlow-enabled Cisco IOS device that examines packets, groups packets sharing the configured flow keys, maintains counters in its flow cache, and exports completed flow records. Therefore, D is correct. More precisely, within Flexible NetFlow, a flow monitor and its cache perform local packet classification and aggregation, while the configured flow-exporter component transmits the resulting records. The question uses “exporter” to represent the originating NetFlow device rather than only the IOS configuration object. A collector receives and stores exported records, while an analyzer interprets those records for monitoring, reporting, or security investigation. A sampler reduces the number of packets examined according to a configured sampling method; it does not aggregate all matching packets into flow records. Cisco Flexible NetFlow overview

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Cisco ISE’s BYOD onboarding workflow uses Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol to request and obtain a unique endpoint certificate from the configured certificate authority, including the ISE internal CA when that service is selected. SCEP is specifically designed for certificate-enrollment and related PKI operations. Therefore, B is correct. CMP is another certificate-management protocol, but it is not the protocol used by the ISE BYOD provisioning workflow described here. SFTP securely transfers files and cannot perform certificate enrollment. OCSP determines whether an already-issued certificate has been revoked; it does not request or issue certificates. The resulting per-device certificate establishes a unique endpoint identity and supports certificate-based network authentication, commonly through EAP-TLS, after the BYOD onboarding process is completed. Cisco SCEP overview

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Explanation

Explanation

Southbound APIs enable SDN controllers to dynamically make changes based on real-time demands and

scalability needs.

Explanation

To understand DHCP snooping we need to learn about DHCP spoofing attack first.

DHCP spoofing is a type of attack in that the attacker listens for DHCP Requests from clients and answers them with fake DHCP Response before the authorized DHCP Response comes to the clients. The fake DHCP Response often gives its IP address as the client default gateway - > all the traffic sent from the client will go through the attacker computer, the attacker becomes a “man-in-the-middle”.

The attacker can have some ways to make sure its fake DHCP Response arrives first. In fact, if the attacker is “closer” than the DHCP Server then he doesn’t need to do anything. Or he can DoS the DHCP Server so that it can’t send the DHCP Response.

DHCP snooping can prevent DHCP spoofing attacks. DHCP snooping is a Cisco Catalyst feature that

determines which switch ports can respond to DHCP requests. Ports are identified as trusted and untrusted.

Only ports that connect to an authorized DHCP server are trusted, and allowed to send all types of DHCP

messages. All other ports on the switch are untrusted and can send only DHCP requests. If a DHCP response

is seen on an untrusted port, the port is shut down.

Explanation

Explanation

Cisco Umbrella protects users from accessing malicious domains by proactively analyzing and blocking unsafe destinations – before a connection is ever made. Thus it can protect from phishing attacks by blocking suspicious domains when users click on the given links that an attacker sent.

Contextual awareness is the ability to collect and analyze information about the network environment, such as users, devices, applications, threats, and vulnerabilities, and use it to enhance security policies and actions. Cisco Firepower is a network security device that supports contextual awareness by providing real-time visibility into network traffic and activity, security intelligence from Cisco Talos and other sources, and advanced threat protection with Cisco AMP and sandboxing. Cisco Firepower can also leverage Cisco pxGrid to share contextual data with other security solutions, such as SIEM and TD platforms, to enable faster and more accurate threat detection and response123 References := 1: Cisco Firepower NGIPS Data Sheet - Cisco 2: Cisco Identity Services Engine with Integrated Security Information and Event Management and Threat Defense Platforms At-a-Glance - Cisco 3: A Visibility-Driven Approach to Next-Generation Firewalls

The purpose of a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack is to disrupt the normal operation of a targeted system, server, or network by overwhelming it with a flood of internet traffic. This is achieved by utilizing multiple compromised computer systems as sources of attack traffic. The overwhelming amount of traffic can cause the targeted system to slow down significantly or even crash and become unavailable to legitimate users, thereby denying service to intended users.

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Explanation

The Cisco Application Visibility and Control (AVC) solution leverages multiple technologies to recognize,

analyze, and control over 1000 applications, including voice and video, email, file sharing, gaming, peer-to-peer

(P2P), and cloud-based applications. AVC combines several Cisco IOS/IOS XE components, as well as

communicating with external tools, to integrate the following functions into a powerful solution…

SSL decryption allows the intelligent proxy to inspect traffic over HTTPS. Some websites may use self-signed certificates or certificates that are not trusted by the user’s device. This may cause the browser to display a warning or an error message when accessing those websites through the intelligent proxy. To avoid this, the user’s device needs to trust the Umbrella root CA, which is the certificate authority that signs the certificates for the websites that are proxied by Umbrella. By importing the Umbrella root CA into the trusted root store on the user’s device, the browser will recognize the certificates as valid and will not alert the end-users12. References: 1: Enable SSL Decryption - Umbrella User Guide 2: Intelligent Proxy and SSL Decryption with Cisco Umbrella

Explanation

Spero analysis is a feature of Cisco AMP for Networks that examines structural characteristics such as metadata and header information in executable files. After generating a Spero signature based on this information, if the file is an eligible executable file, the device submits it to the Spero heuristic engine in the AMP cloud for analysis1. Spero analysis can detect malware based on the file’s structure and behavior, without requiring a full file upload2. Spero analysis is different from dynamic analysis, sandbox analysis, and malware analysis, which are other features of Cisco AMP for Networks that perform different types of file inspection and analysis3. References: 1: How to configure Firepower AMP to not upload files to … - Cisco Community 2: File Policies - Network Direction 3: Cisco AMP for Networks - Cisco