Deep-Security-Professional Trend Micro Certified Professional for Deep Security Exam Free Practice Exam Questions (2025 Updated)

A Reset operation in Deep Security Manager (applied to an agent) removes all configuration and relationship data from the agent, including its activation status, policy assignments, and communication settings. This essentially returns the agent to an “unmanaged” state, so it must be reactivated and reconfigured before resuming protection.

From the official documentation:

“Performing a Reset operation on an agent removes the agent’s registration and all local settings, effectively deactivating it from the Deep Security Manager. This is useful if you need to re-register the agent with a different manager, or if there are persistent communication or configuration issues.”

Option A is incorrect: Although logs may be generated, the main purpose is to sever the relationship and clear settings, not to generate troubleshooting events.

Option B is incorrect: Reset does not force a software update.

Option C is incorrect: Reset is more than a service restart; it erases the agent’s configuration and registration.

The event details show a "Reason" referencing an Active Directory event (Success Audit), a "Description" that notes "Active directory Success Audit event," and a "Program Name" of "syslogd." This matches the operation of the Log Inspection module, which monitors logs from operating system and application sources and reports events such as authentication failures, system errors, and audit events.

The other modules do not generate events based on log entries in this manner.

By default, Manager-to-database traffic is NOT encrypted. To enable encrypted communication (SSL/TLS), you must modify the dsm.properties file and configure the JDBC connection to use SSL.

Option A is incorrect; configuration is not in ssl.properties.

Option B and C are incorrect; traffic is not encrypted by default.

For agentless protection (such as with VMware NSX integration), vCenter, ESXi, and NSX are required, as they provide the virtualization platform, centralized management, and security services integration, respectively. VMware vRealize is a cloud automation and management suite and is not required for Deep Security’s agentless protection.

From the official documentation:

"Agentless protection requires VMware NSX, ESXi hypervisors, and vCenter Server. VMware vRealize is not required for Deep Security agentless deployment."

Option C is correct.

Options A, B, D are required components for agentless integration.

When ongoing Recommendation Scans are enabled, Deep Security regularly reassesses the server’s vulnerabilities based on its current patch level. If an OS patch addresses a previously detected vulnerability, the next Recommendation Scan will recognize this and recommend that the now-unnecessary IPS rules be unassigned. These rules appear in the “Recommended for Unassignment” tab, making it easy for administrators to review and unassign rules that are no longer needed.

From the official documentation:

“After an operating system or application is patched, running another Recommendation Scan will update the list of vulnerabilities and may move some IPS rules to the 'Recommended for Unassignment' tab. These rules can then be reviewed and unassigned to maintain optimal protection.”

Option B is incorrect because rules are not unassigned automatically; admin review is required.

Option A is manual and outside Deep Security’s automated workflow.

The first option C is not correct; excessive rules may impact performance and management.

Smart Folders in Deep Security are dynamic, acting like saved searches. When clicked, they display computers matching the folder’s search criteria in real time, such as OS type, module status, or alert conditions.

From the official documentation:

“Smart Folders are dynamic views in the Deep Security Manager that display a set of computers based on specific search criteria. Their contents are updated automatically each time the folder is accessed.”

Options A, B, D do not accurately describe Smart Folders.

Recommendation scans in Deep Security are used to recommend rules for:

Intrusion Prevention

Integrity Monitoring

Log Inspection

Firewall and Application Control do not use recommendation scans for their rule or inventory management.

Explanation

The properties specified in this configuration file override the properties specified in the dsm.properties file. This file can be created manually by a support engineer to modify product be-havior without affecting the original configuration.

Explication: Study Guide - page (42)

If the Intrusion Prevention rule’s behavior is set to Detect rather than Prevent, it will log events when the rule is triggered but will not block the associated traffic. This can happen even if the module’s overall setting is Prevent, because individual rules can have their own behavior configuration.

Trend Micro Deep Security's Anti-Malware Protection Module provides real-time, manual, or scheduled malware scanning for files stored on protected servers, including SAP NetWeaver servers. No additional plugins or components are required—simply enable the Anti-Malware module on the SAP NetWeaver host to scan PDF and Office documents.

From the official documentation:

“To scan for malware in documents stored on SAP NetWeaver or other platforms, enable the Anti-Malware module on the target server. No additional plugins are required.”

Explanation

If the limit is reached, the oldest files will be deleted first until 20% of allocated space is freed up.

Explication: Study Guide - page (203)

The "Inherited (On)" state indicates that the module’s configuration is inherited from the parent policy (here, the "Base Policy") and has not been changed in the child policy. In contrast, modules listed as "On" were explicitly enabled or configured in the current child policy.

From the official documentation:

“A module set to 'Inherited (On)' means its configuration is inherited from a parent policy. Modules explicitly configured in the current policy are shown as 'On' or 'Off'.”

The dsm.properties file, located in the Deep Security Manager installation directory, stores the database connection string and credentials required for Deep Security Manager to access its database backend.

From the official documentation:

“Deep Security Manager stores its database credentials in the dsm.properties file, which is used at service startup to connect to the configured database.”

In agentless (VMware-integrated) implementations, scan caching allows the Deep Security Virtual Appliance to remember which files have already been scanned on any VM on the same host. If the same file appears on another VM, it doesn't need to be scanned again, significantly improving performance and reducing resource usage.

Deep Security Agents collect log inspection events and forward them to the Deep Security Manager in real time for centralized analysis and alerting. This allows for prompt detection and response to security-relevant log events.

Explanation

When you perform a Discover operation using an IP address range, Deep Security Manager scans the specified range and adds any computers that are running a Deep Security Agent to the Computers list. It does not add machines that do not have an agent installed. Discovery does not perform automatic activation unless specifically configured through a different workflow. Active Directory discovery will also only add computers that are hosting an agent.

When you enable the Firewall Protection Module in Trend Micro Deep Security and no firewall rules are assigned, the default behavior is to permit all network traffic. This default-allow approach ensures that enabling the firewall module does not unintentionally block legitimate traffic and cause disruptions. According to the official administration guide:

"When you enable the Firewall module but do not assign any rules, all network traffic is permitted by default until you create and assign firewall rules to allow or deny specific traffic."

(Source: Trend Micro Deep Security Administrator's Guide, Firewall Protection Module section)

Option B is incorrect because Deep Security does not automatically assign a collection of default rules; you must explicitly assign or create them. Option C is incorrect because there is no default-deny stance when rules are absent. Option D does not accurately reflect the module’s default operation.

The Integrity Monitoring module is designed to watch over key OS objects—such as files, registry keys, processes, and ports—and detect/report unauthorized or unexpected changes for compliance and security auditing.

Deep Security Relays are specialized agents that distribute security updates (such as anti-malware patterns, rules, and engine updates) to other agents within the network. Regular Deep Security Agents connect to Relays to receive these updates, reducing the load on the Deep Security Manager and external bandwidth usage.

From the official documentation:

"Relays are agents that download security updates from the Trend Micro Update Server or the Deep Security Manager and then distribute these updates to other agents on the network."

Option D is correct: Agents communicate with relays to obtain security updates.

Option A is incorrect: Only 64-bit agents can be promoted to relays in recent versions.

Option B is incorrect: Relays retain all protection module functions after being promoted.

Option C is partially correct but not as precise as D; relays distribute, but do not "process" requests in the sense of approving/handling agent-side logic.