Question 490
A FortiOS 7.6 team examines: A staged application-control change must separate observed matches from actually prevented traffic. Select TWO complementary choices: the most appropriate corrective action AND the specific evidence confirming success.
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For the observed situation (A staged application-control change must separate observed matches from actually prevented traffic), the most specific acceptance evidence is: A controlled application session produces the configured log and is blocked only when the authorized rule requires enforcement. It validates the recommended response: Select monitor or block actions within the application-control profile according to the documented risk and deployment phase. This addresses the documented risk: Confusing a monitor-only action with an enforcement action can leave a prohibited application available.
The reported FortiOS 7.6 condition is: A staged application-control change must separate observed matches from actually prevented traffic. The targeted administrative response is: Select monitor or block actions within the application-control profile according to the documented risk and deployment phase. The relevant failure risk is: Confusing a monitor-only action with an enforcement action can leave a prohibited application available. Validate with: A controlled application session produces the configured log and is blocked only when the authorized rule requires enforcement.
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Antivirus event investigation and quarantine controls (3.4) would demonstrate or implement: Disabling antivirus for a broad source population after one false positive weakens protection without evidence. This case instead tests Application monitoring versus blocking; the choice measures or changes another part of the system.
Certificate-chain expiry and handshake diagnosis (3.1) addresses another technical failure: Blanket bypass of certificate validation can conceal expired or untrusted servers and unsafe TLS behavior. The required paired action and test concerns Application monitoring versus blocking; a passing result for this alternative could leave that requirement unresolved.
Web-filter block pages and certificate user experience (3.2) would demonstrate or implement: An authorized test user receives a clear expected block result and the firewall records the matching category or URL rule. The paired-answer requirement concerns Application monitoring versus blocking; this alternative does not provide the matching intervention and separate acceptance evidence.