700-760 Sample Questions & Answers

False. Cisco Cyber Vision is primarily a passive, agentless solution. It uses sensors to analyze network traffic (via SPAN ports or taps) to discover and profile devices, identify vulnerabilities, and monitor behavior without installing any software on the sensitive and often proprietary OT/IoT endpoints. This is critical for industrial environments where installing agents is often impossible or prohibited.

Cisco Duo is the core component for establishing user and device trust in the Zero Trust for the Workforce pillar. It provides multi-factor authentication (MFA) and performs device health checks before granting access to applications. The diagram clearly shows this verification flow. While ISE is crucial for network access (Workplace), Duo is primary for application access (Workforce).

A siloed security architecture, where each security tool (email, firewall, endpoint) operates independently, prevents the correlation of threat intelligence and events. This lack of integration makes it impossible to trace an attack's lifecycle across different domains. While automation can help, the root problem is the siloed nature of the tools. Cisco addresses this with platforms like SecureX and Cisco XDR that integrate these domains.

C-level executives are primarily concerned with business outcomes, not technical minutiae. The most effective approach is to frame the security conversation around business value: reducing risk, enabling new business initiatives (like cloud migration or remote work), ensuring compliance, and improving operational efficiency. Technical details and pricing specifics are better suited for conversations with IT and procurement teams.

Network segmentation is the most critical security control in this scenario. By isolating the medical devices on their own network segment (e.g., a VLAN) and enforcing strict access control policies (using tools like ISE and Secure Firewall), the hospital can contain any potential compromise and prevent lateral movement to the core network. While other controls are important, segmentation provides the foundational protection for unmanaged IoT devices.

The root cause of the breach was the compromised third-party credentials with excessive trust. A Zero Trust approach, specifically implementing Cisco Duo, would have addressed this directly. Duo would have required MFA for the vendor to log in, which the attacker would not have. Furthermore, Duo's device health checks could have blocked access from a compromised or non-compliant device. While other options are valuable security controls, they are reactive measures after the initial access was gained. Duo prevents the unauthorized access from happening in the first place.

It's crucial to set realistic expectations. The concept of a 'silver bullet' is a myth in cybersecurity. The most credible approach is to educate the customer on the need for a layered, defense-in-depth strategy. This shifts the focus from an impossible goal of 100% prevention to a more valuable goal of resilience: rapid detection, response, and recovery. This positions Cisco's integrated architecture as the superior approach.

False. While revenue may be a factor in overall partner tiering, achieving a Cisco specialization like Security requires meeting specific criteria related to personnel and expertise. This includes having a required number of employees pass specific certification exams, such as the 700-760 (SAAM) for Account Managers and 700-765 for System Engineers, and demonstrating customer success.

Cisco Talos is one of the largest commercial threat intelligence teams in the world. It is the research and intelligence backbone for virtually all Cisco Security products. Talos analyzes massive amounts of telemetry data to identify, analyze, and block emerging threats, and this intelligence is fed directly into products like Secure Firewall, Umbrella, and Secure Endpoint to provide real-time protection.