NSK300 Netskope Certified Cloud Security Architect Exam Question and Answers

Network Steering in Digital Experience Management is the appropriate Netskope monitoring tool for this scenario. It allows the Network Operations Center (NOC) to quickly view the status of the tunnels and provides an easy way to visualize the locations of the tunnels. This tool is designed to give a clear overview of network health and performance, which is essential for managing global connectivity and ensuring the reliability of the service.

In Netskope Cloud Security, to block uploads of password-protected files, you should add the file profile to a DLP (Data Loss Prevention) profile that is used in a Real-time Protection policy. The DLP profiles in Netskope are designed to detect and protect sensitive data in real-time and at rest across the cloud environment. This approach ensures that any file matching the criteria set in the file profile, such as being password-protected, will trigger the DLP rules and prevent the upload action in real-time.

The inconsistent results observed during User Acceptance Testing (where marketing users sometimes access gambling sites and sometimes are blocked) are likely due to the configuration of the Forward Proxy.

Cookie Surrogate: The Cookie Surrogate is a mechanism used in Forward Proxy deployments to maintain user context across multiple requests. It ensures that user-specific policies are consistently applied even when multiple users share the same IP address (common in VDI environments).

Issue: If the Forward Proxy is not configured to use the Cookie Surrogate, it may lead to inconsistent behavior. When different users log into the VDI server, their requests may not be associated with their specific user context, resulting in varying policy enforcement.

Solution: Ensure that the Forward Proxy is properly configured to use the Cookie Surrogate, allowing consistent policy enforcement based on individual user identities. References:

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Netskope Architectural Advantage Features

The given Skope IT query specifies the following conditions:

User equals ‘user@company.com’

Access method equals ‘Client’

Activity equals ‘Download’ or ‘Upload’

Site equals ‘Amazon S3’

The query combines these conditions using logical operators (AND and OR).

The result of this query will include all events where the specified user (‘user@company.com’) is either downloading or uploading data to or from the site ‘Amazon S3’ using the Netskope Client.

It does not include events related to other users or IP addresses. References:

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To prevent potential routing issues and ensure that the Netskope agent consistently sees the traffic first, it is recommended to modify the VPN to operate in full tunnel mode at Layer 3.

In full tunnel mode, all traffic from the endpoint is routed through the VPN, including traffic destined for Netskope. This ensures that the Netskope agent can inspect and apply policies to all traffic, regardless of the destination.

Layer 3 full tunnel mode provides better visibility and control over the traffic flow, reducing the risk of routing conflicts or bypassing the Netskope inspection. References:

The answer is based on general knowledge of VPN configurations and their impact on traffic routing.

The reason for using Netskope Cloud Risk Exchange in this scenario is to automate service tickets from alerts of interest. Netskope Cloud Risk Exchange (CRE) is designed to ingest user, device, and application risk scores, creating a dashboard view of contributors to your company’s overall risk score and trend. One of the key functionalities of CRE is to trigger risk-reducing actions through business rules that are tuned to a weighted score. Automating service tickets from alerts of interest is a part of this functionality, as it allows for the automatic creation of tickets in response to specific alerts, streamlining the process of addressing potential security issues12.

In the scenario where you have deployed IPsec tunnels to steer on-premises traffic to Netskope and are experiencing issues with an application, the correct statement is C: Steering bypasses for IPsec tunnels must be applied at your edge network device. This means that to effectively bypass the steering for a specific application, the configuration must be done on the network device that is establishing the IPsec tunnel, such as a firewall or router. This device controls the traffic before it enters the tunnel, so applying the bypass there ensures that the application’s traffic does not get directed through the tunnel and can reach its destination directly.

 To enable the Netskope Client to automatically determine whether it is on-premises or off-premises, you can use the following options in the Netskope UI:

Enable Dynamic Steering:

This option is available in the Steering Configuration section of the UI.

By enabling dynamic steering, the Netskope Client can intelligently determine the appropriate data plane (on-premises or cloud) based on the user’s location and network conditions.

It ensures that traffic is directed to the optimal data plane for improved performance and security.

To integrate Netskope with a third-party DLP engine using ICAP, you must configure the Netskope Secure Forwarder.

Secure Forwarder is the only Netskope component that supports:

ICAP communication

Forwarding inline web traffic to external DLP engines

Bidirectional ICAP requests/responses (REQMOD/RESPMOD)

This allows Netskope to send inspected content to your on-prem or third-party DLP appliance for additional scanning.

Why the other options are incorrect

A. On-Premises Log Parser (OPLP)Used for ingesting logs into Netskope — not for ICAP or traffic processing.

C. Netskope Cloud ExchangeUsed for integrations with SIEM, SOAR, ticketing, threat intel — not for inline DLP.

D. Netskope AdapterUsed mainly for SSPM/API integrations — not relevant for ICAP or external DLP engines.