The Cisco 350-701 SCOR practice test is a comprehensive preparation tool designed to help you master the core concepts required for the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Security certification. This practice exam covers a broad spectrum of critical domains, including network security, cloud security, identity management, secure network access, endpoint protection, and threat detection. By providing a realistic exam simulation, it allows you to test your knowledge against industry-standard scenarios, identify your strengths and weaknesses, and gain the practical experience needed to handle complex security implementations. Whether you are aiming to validate your skills or prepare for the official certification exam, this resource provides the structured support and feedback necessary to elevate your professional profile and enhance your expertise in securing enterprise network infrastructures.
Note: This is merely a practice test to prepare for the professional certification exam, and no certificate is issued by the center for passing it.
| Questions | 253 |
|---|---|
| Release Date | 10/2020 (Last Update: 04/2024) |
| Job Role | Consulting System Engineer, Network Administrator, Network Designer, Network Engineer, Network Manager, Security Engineer, System Administrator, System Engineer, Technical Solution Architect |
| Language | English |
Why should I use the 350-701 SCOR Practice Test to prepare for the official exam?
The 350-701 SCOR exam acts as the core requirement for the CCNP Security certification, assessing your ability to implement and operate core security technologies in enterprise environments. Using this practice test is a strategic step in your certification journey because it exposes you to the depth and breadth of the exam topics—from identity management to cloud security—in a controlled, feedback-oriented environment. By practicing with both certification and practice modes, you can simulate exam day conditions to build endurance and time-management skills, while also drilling down into specific topic areas where you need more focused study. This approach ensures you are not just memorizing answers, but truly understanding the underlying security principles needed to excel on the official exam and in your professional career.
Security Concepts – 63 questions
Explain common threats against on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments
- On-premises: viruses, trojans, DoS/DDoS attacks, phishing, rootkits, man-in-the middle attacks, SQL injection, cross-site scripting, malware
- Cloud: data breaches, insecure APIs, DoS/DDoS, compromised credentials
Compare common security vulnerabilities such as software bugs, weak and/or hardcoded passwords, OWASP top ten, missing encryption ciphers, buffer overflow, path traversal, cross-site scripting/forgery
Describe functions of the cryptography components such as hashing, encryption, PKI, SSL, IPsec, NAT-T IPv4 for IPsec, preshared key, and certificate-based authorization
Compare site-to-site and remote access VPN deployment types and components such as virtual tunnel interfaces, standards-based IPsec, DMVPN, FlexVPN, and Cisco Secure Client including high availability considerations
Describe security intelligence authoring, sharing, and consumption
Describe the controls used to protect against phishing and social engineering attacks
Explain North Bound and South Bound APIs in the SDN architecture
Explain Cisco DNA Center APIs for network provisioning, optimization, monitoring, and troubleshooting
Interpret basic Python scripts used to call Cisco Security appliances APIs
Network Security – 50 questions
Compare network security solutions that provide intrusion prevention and firewall capabilities
Describe deployment models of network security solutions and architectures that provide intrusion prevention and firewall capabilities
Describe the components, capabilities, and benefits of NetFlow and Flexible NetFlow records
Configure and verify network infrastructure security methods
- Layer 2 methods (network segmentation using VLANs; Layer 2 and port security; DHCP snooping; Dynamic ARP inspection; storm control; PVLANs to segregate network traffic; and defenses against MAC, ARP, VLAN hopping, STP, and DHCP rogue attacks)
- Device hardening of network infrastructure security devices (control plane, data plane, and management plane)
Implement segmentation, access control policies, AVC, URL filtering, malware protection, and intrusion policies
Implement management options for network security solutions (single vs. multidevice manager, in-band vs. out-of-band, cloud vs. on-premises)
Configure AAA for device and network access such as TACACS+ and RADIUS
Configure secure network management of perimeter security and infrastructure devices such as SNMPv3, NetConf, RestConf, APIs, secure syslog, and NTP with authentication
Configure and verify site-to-site and remote access VPN
- Site-to-site VPN using Cisco routers and IOS
- Remote access VPN using Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility client
- Debug commands to view IPsec tunnel establishment and troubleshooting
Securing the Cloud – 38 questions
Identify security solutions for cloud environments
- Public, private, hybrid, and community clouds
- Cloud service models: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS (NIST 800-145)
Compare security responsibility for the different cloud service models
- Patch management in the cloud
- Security assessment in the cloud
Describe the concept of DevSecOps (CI/CD pipeline, container orchestration, and secure software development)
Implement application and data security in cloud environments
Identify security capabilities, deployment models, and policy management to secure the cloud
Configure cloud logging and monitoring methodologies
Describe application and workload security concepts
Content Security – 26 questions
Implement traffic redirection and capture methods for web proxy
Describe web proxy identity and authentication including transparent user identification
Compare the components, capabilities, and benefits of on-premises, hybrid, and cloud based email and web solutions (Cisco Secure Email Gateway, Cisco Secure Email Cloud Gateway, and Cisco Secure Web Appliance)
Configure and verify web and email security deployment methods to protect on premises, hybrid, and remote users
Configure and verify email security features such as SPAM filtering, antimalware filtering, DLP, blocklisting, and email encryption
Configure and verify Cisco Umbrella Secure Internet Gateway and web security features such as blocklisting, URL filtering, malware scanning, URL categorization, web application filtering, and TLS decryption
Describe the components, capabilities, and benefits of Cisco Umbrella
Configure and verify web security controls on Cisco Umbrella (identities, URL content settings, destination lists, and reporting)
Endpoint Protection and Detection – 39 questions
Compare Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP) and Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) solutions
Configure endpoint antimalware protection using Cisco Secure Endpoint
Configure and verify outbreak control and quarantines to limit infection
Describe justifications for endpoint-based security
Describe the value of endpoint device management and asset inventory systems such as MDM
Describe the uses and importance of a multifactor authentication (MFA) strategy
Describe endpoint posture assessment solutions to ensure endpoint security
Explain the importance of an endpoint patching strategy
Secure Network Access, Visibility, and Enforcement – 37 questions
Describe identity management and secure network access concepts such as guest services, profiling, posture assessment and BYOD
Configure and verify network access control mechanisms such as 802.1X, MAB, WebAuth
Describe network access with CoA
Describe the benefits of device compliance and application control
Explain exfiltration techniques (DNS tunneling, HTTPS, email, FTP/SSH/SCP/SFTP, ICMP, Messenger, IRC, NTP)
Describe the benefits of network telemetry
Describe the components, capabilities, and benefits of these security products and solutions
- Cisco Secure Network Analytics
- Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics
- Cisco pxGrid
- Cisco Umbrella Investigate
- Cisco Cognitive Intelligence
- Cisco Encrypted Traffic Analytics
- Cisco Secure Client Network Visibility Module (NVM)
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