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SOPHOS OVERVIEW REVIEWER EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED
(202 5 /202 6 ) (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
Super Admin - ANS ✓has access to everything in Sophos Central. This role is unable to be edited or deleted. Admin - ANS ✓has access to almost everything, apart from the ability to manage roles and role assignments. Help Desk - ANS ✓allows read only access for all settings in Sophos Central · Able to look at sensitive logs and reports · receive and clear alerts · update the Sophos agent software on an endpoint and scan endpoints. Does not allow a user to assign policies or change settings Read only - ANS ✓· only access for all settings in Sophos Central · can look at sensitive logs and reports and receive alerts · They can't manage role and role assignments. Self Service Portal - ANS ✓Allows users to protect their own devices, view quarantined emails and manage their device encryption. AD Sync Settings - ANS ✓Displays the date of the last synchronization cycle, how many users and groups have been synchronized and the current settings
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Role Management - ANS ✓View and manage administrator roles API Token Mangement - ANS ✓Integrate SIEM solutions allowing the retrieval of event and alert data from Sophos Central Federated sign-in - ANS ✓Allows users to sign in to Sophos Central and SSP using their Microsoft sign-in credentials Registered Firewall Appliances - ANS ✓Register firewalls to enable security heartbeat which can assist with managing endpoint health Tamper protection - ANS ✓· Password protects the protection settings for Sophos · Enabled by Default · Can be enabled/disable per device in the device details page Website management - ANS ✓· Allows you to extend the website filtering · Control websites that are not in the Sophos categories · Tag websites to put them into groups · Override the Sophos category for a site Proxy Configuration - ANS ✓· Enable devices to connect to Sophos or download Sophos software updates through a proxy server Scanning Exclusions - ANS ✓· Exclude files, websites and applications from scanning for threats · Exclusions will apply to all your users and servers · Excluded items will still be checked for exploits
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Multi-factor Authentication - ANS ✓is mandatory for Sophos Enterprise and is automatically enabled provides an additional layer of security 99% - ANS ✓Sophos email blocks ______% of spam at gateway and leverages SophosLabs threat intelligence to identify malicious emails. Sophos Email - ANS ✓detects that a mailbox is compromised and is being used to send outbound spam emails. Isolates the mailbox and shares the status via the Security Heartbeat. Intercept X - ANS ✓denies attackers by blocking the exploits and techniques used to distribute malware, steal credentials and escape detection. Has over 25 different anti-exploit and active adversary techniques. Malicious Traffic Detection - ANS ✓monitors HTTP traffic for signs for connectivity to known bd URLs such as C2C. If the traffic is detected, its an early indicator that Summary tab - ANS ✓tab contains an overview of recent events, devices, mailboxes, groups and logins Devices tab - ANS ✓displays all of the devices the user has associated to them. Events tab - ANS ✓displays all of the events logged for the user Policies tab - ANS ✓displays the policies that apply to the user.
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Sophos Partner Portal - ANS ✓An online resource that allows you to manage opportunities, renewals and register deals Includes training and certification links, access to sales and marketing tools and resources. Central Partner Dashboard - ANS ✓allows you to manage your customer licenses for central products. enables you to mange multiple customer security settings, setting global policies. remotely access your customer sophos central admin consoles partners.sophos.com - ANS ✓URL to access the Central Partner Dashboard cloud.sophos.com/manage/partner - ANS ✓URL to access Central Partner Dashboard directly Account Details - ANS ✓Where in Sophos Central Admin Console can you enable remote assistance? Admin - ANS ✓The minimum administrative role that will allow a user access to view and edit policies 90 days - ANS ✓How long are activities stored for in the Enterprise Dashboard Master Licensing and Individual Licensing - ANS ✓Two ways to license Enterprise Dashboard
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Threat Protection - ANS ✓To mitigate exploits in vulnerable applications. This policy is you need to enable Policy where you enable device isolation Signature-based scanning - ANS ✓Is a pre-execution check performed by Intercept X Check the system reuirements - ANS ✓First step you must take when deploying virtual environment Web Control - ANS ✓Endpoint policy you edit to block users from visiting specific website category Fasle - ANS ✓Deleting an endpoint in Sophos Central will remove the Endpoint agent from the endpoint Servers or server groups - ANS ✓Server policies are only applied to Mark as Acknowledged - ANS ✓· Select this action to remove alert · This action does not resolve threats Mark as Reolved - ANS ✓· Select this action if the threat has already been resolved · This action does not resolve threats
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Clean up ransomware - ANS ✓· Select this action to remove ransomware Reinstall Endpoint Protection - ANS ✓· Select this action to go to Protect Devices · Here you can download the Sophos agent Exploit kit - ANS ✓Scan the system for vulnerabilities Exploit the vulnerabilities to download exploits malicious code onto the system Sophos Central - ANS ✓Cloud based centralized management platform. It is a console for managing your Sophos products using a single interface with an intuitive dashboard. Sophos Security Heartbeat - ANS ✓A communication channel which can warn or alert centrally linked Sophos products when there has been an attack or suspected attack. Sophos Central Security Framework - ANS ✓provides a detailed look into Sophos Central, it's development, deployment and maintenance as well as what data is collected, where it is stored and how data is protected. Server protection - ANS ✓integrates anti-ransomware, application whitelisting, server lockdown and provides centralized management and security of your servers. Endpoint protection - ANS ✓provides anti-malware protection to your endpoints across your network. It uses Intercept X.
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Sophos Phish Threat - ANS ✓educates and test your end users through automated attack simulations, quality security awareness training and actionable reporting metrics. Sophos Email Gateway - ANS ✓keeps your users and business safe with instant protection from advanced threats. Our default setting provides anti-spam and anti-malware protection. Devices and users: summary - ANS ✓display info. For user and endpoints, detailing whether they have the Sophos agent installed or the user is associated with a protected endpoint. Endpoint and server web control - ANS ✓provides an overview of your web control statistics. Split into four categories of Web threats blocked, Policy violations blocked, Policy warnings issued and Policy warnings proceeded Threat analysis dashboard - ANS ✓allows you to view threat information at a glance. Dashboard, Threat Cases and Threat Searches - ANS ✓The dashboard consists of three areas
