CCNP Cybersecurity Advanced Security Automation

1. In automated incident response, what is the purpose of playbooks?

To document security policies manually

To define automated workflows for specific threat scenarios

To prevent all security incidents

To eliminate the need for security teams

2. In automated security posture management, what is continuously evaluated?

Only network bandwidth

Device compliance, vulnerabilities, and configuration adherence

Physical server locations

Employee attendance records

3. What is the significance of API-driven security automation in modern architectures?

It prevents integration between systems

It enables programmatic, scalable, and repeatable security operations

It eliminates the need for security policies

It increases manual configuration requirements

4. Which automation approach ensures that security patches are deployed consistently across an enterprise?

Manual patching by each administrator

Patch management automation and orchestration

Ignoring security updates

Patching only critical servers

5. In security automation, what is the primary benefit of using orchestration platforms like Cisco SecureX?

Centralizing visibility and automation across multiple security tools

Replacing all security tools

Increasing manual processes

Reducing encryption standards

6. What role does machine learning play in automated threat detection?

It has no role in security

It identifies anomalies and novel attack patterns automatically

It replaces firewall rules

It increases false positives only

7. Which of the following best describes continuous compliance automation?

Manual compliance checks once per year

Automated monitoring and enforcement of security policies in real-time

Eliminating all security controls

Increasing administrative overhead

8. In Cisco ISE automation, what can be dynamically adjusted based on threat levels?

Physical network cables

Network access policies and device posture requirements

Employee email addresses

Hardware serial numbers

9. What is a primary challenge when implementing security automation at scale?

Reduced visibility into security events

Integration complexity across heterogeneous systems

Increased manual workload

Slower threat detection

10. What does SOAR stand for in the context of security automation?

Security Operations Analysis and Routing

Security Orchestration, Automation and Response

Secure Online Access and Resilience

System Operations Alert and Remediation

11. What is the primary advantage of using version control for security automation scripts?

Faster network speeds

Tracking changes, rollback capability, and audit trails

Automatic password generation

Elimination of security vulnerabilities

12. In threat detection automation, what does correlation of security events accomplish?

Reduces the number of logs generated

Identifies patterns indicating advanced threats

Eliminates all security alerts

Increases network bandwidth usage

13. Which security automation technique allows policies to be applied consistently across multiple devices simultaneously?

Manual configuration

Policy orchestration

Device isolation

Passive monitoring

14. What is the role of APIs in security automation frameworks?

To prevent communication between systems

To enable programmatic control and integration of security tools

To increase manual configuration time

To store encrypted data

15. In Cisco Ansible for security automation, what does the playbook define?

Hardware specifications

A series of tasks and workflows to execute

User authentication credentials only

Physical network topology

16. Which of the following is a key benefit of security automation in threat response?

Slower manual intervention

Reduced mean time to detect (MTTD) and contain threats

Increased false negatives

Elimination of security policies

17. What is the primary purpose of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) in security automation?

To manually configure security policies

To define and version-control security configurations programmatically

To replace security analysts with automation

To increase network latency

18. Which Cisco platform is primarily used for security orchestration and automated response (SOAR) in enterprise environments?

Cisco SecureX

Cisco ACI

Cisco DNA Center

Cisco Catalyst

19. Which automation framework allows Cisco administrators to define network and security configurations in YAML format?

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

Docker

20. Which Cisco product integrates threat intelligence with automated response capabilities?

Cisco ASA

Cisco Threat Intelligence Director

Cisco SecureX with threat feeds

Cisco Nexus

CCNP Cybersecurity Advanced Security Automation Quiz