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Cisco 300-725

300-725

Exam Code: 300-725

Exam Name: Securing the Web with Cisco Web Security Appliance

Updated: Oct 13, 2026

Q & A: 140 Questions and Answers

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About Cisco 300-725 Exam

Prerequisites

It is suggested that the applicants have the fundamental technical competence in the domains of the exam. First of all, they need to hold at least the entry-level certificate to pass Cisco 300-725. Other equivalent certifications that may act as a prerequisite for this test are ISACA, CompTIA Security+, EC-Council, (ISC)2, and GIAC. The students need to possess knowledge of TCP/IP services (for instance, DNS, HTTPS, HTTP, FTP, and HTTP). In addition, it is important to be familiar with IP routing. The intended audience for the exam is Operations Engineers, System Designers, Security Architects, and Network Administrators, among others.

Once you have completed the course, you will be ready to take the final 300-725 test. So, these are the areas where your competency should show:

  • Thorough understanding of Cisco WSA;
  • Proxy services deployment;
  • Describing data security as well as the prevention of data from loss;
  • Familiarity with decryption policies for controlling HTTPS traffic;
  • Performing administration in addition to troubleshooting.
  • Understanding and using differentiated policies for traffic access as well as identification profiles;
  • Thoroughly understanding the different policies for traffic access and identification;
  • Enforcing acceptable control settings for use;
  • Defending against malware;
  • Using authentication;

Once you are sure of having fulfilled the above objectives, then you can deem yourself ready to sit for the real exam. In all, this class is very comprehensive and covers almost all the domains to be tested in 300-725 evaluation.

Reference: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/training-certifications/exams/current-list/swsa-300-725.html

Cisco 300-725 Exam Topics:

SectionWeightObjectives
Decryption Policies to Control HTTPS Traffic10%- Describe SSL and TLS inspection- Configure HTTPS capabilities
  • HTTPS decryption policies
  • HTTPS proxy function
  • ACL tags for HTTPS inspection
  • HTTPS proxy and verify TLS/SSL decryption
  • Certificate types used for HTTPS decryption
- Configure self-signed and intermediate certificates within SSL/TLS transactions
Proxy Services10%- Compare proxy terms
  • Explicit proxy vs. transparent proxy
  • Upstream proxy vs. downstream proxy

- Describe tune caching behavior for safety or performance
- Describe the functions of a Proxy Auto-Configuration (PAC) file
- Describe the SOCKS protocol and the SOCKS proxy services

Reporting and Tracking Web Transactions10%- Configure and analyze web tracking reports
- Configure Cisco Advanced Web Security Reporting (AWSR)
  • Basic web usage
  • Custom filters

- Troubleshoot connectivity issues

Malware Defense10%- Describe anti-malware scanning
- Configure file reputation filtering and file analysis
- Describe Advanced Malware Protection (AMP)
- Describe integration with Cognitive Threat Analytics
Acceptable Use Control10%- Configure URL filtering
- Configure the dynamic content analysis engine
- Configure time-based & traffic volume acceptable use policies and end user notifications
- Configure web application visibility and control (Office 365, third-party feeds)
- Create a corporate global acceptable use policy
- Implement policy trace tool to verify corporate global acceptable use policy
- Configure WSA to inspect archive file types
Authentication10%- Describe authentication features
  • Supported authentication protocols
  • Authentication realms
  • Supported authentication surrogates supported
  • Bypassing authentication of problematic agents
  • Authentication logs for accounting records
  • Re-authentication

- Configure traffic redirection to Cisco WSA using explicit forward proxy mode
- Describe the FTP proxy authentication
- Troubleshoot authentication issues

Configuration20%- Perform initial configuration tasks on Cisco WSA
- Configure an Acceptable Use Policy
- Configure and verify web proxy features
  • Explicit proxy functionality
  • Proxy access logs using CLI
  • Active directory proxy authentication

- Configure a referrer header to filter web categories

Cisco WSA Features10%- Describe Cisco WSA features and functionality
  • Proxy service
  • Cognitive Threat Analytics
  • Data loss prevention service
  • Integrated L4TM service
  • Management tools

- Describe WSA solutions

  • Cisco Advanced Web Security Reporting
  • Cisco Content Security Management Appliance

- Integrate Cisco WSA with Splunk
- Integrate Cisco WSA with Cisco ISE
- Troubleshoot data security and external data loss using log files

Differentiated Traffic Access Policies and Identification Profiles10%- Describe access policies
- Describe identification profiles and authentication
- Troubleshoot using access logs

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Topics for 300-725 Exam

Here are the objectives that would be assessed during the final 300-725 test:

  • Malware defense;
  • Configuration;
  • Cisco WSA features;
  • Policies around decryption to help in controlling HTTPS traffic;
  • Authentication;
  • Policies on differentiated traffic access and identification profiles;
  • Reporting and tracking web transactions.
  • Proxy services;
  • Acceptable use control;

Although the above-listed topics are the most possible to be tested in the real exam, you need to be thorough and broad in your revision. However, the recommended training course covers the exam comprehensively and in an extended fashion.

Cisco Securing the Web with Cisco Web Security Appliance Sample Questions:

Question #1
Cisco Secure Web Appliance is configured to permit access to all websites in the "News" category and all the embedded content on such websites. An administrator wants to change the configuration so that embedded content from sites in the "Social Networking" category is blocked.
What must be configured to accomplish this task?

A. a content-embedded exception that is attached to a URL permitted list
B. a referrer-based exception in an access policy
C. a content-embedded exception in a data-security policy
D. a referrer-based exception in an application authentication policy


Question #2
What is used to configure WSA as an explicit proxy?

A. Network settings from user browser
B. IP Spoofing from router
C. WCCP redirection from firewall
D. Auto redirection using PBR from switch


Question #3
Which two sources provide data to Cisco Advanced Web Security Reporting to create dashboards? (Choose two.)

A. Cisco Security MARS
B. Cisco WSA devices
C. Cisco Cloud Web Security gateways
D. Cisco ASAv
E. Cisco ISE


Question #4
Which piece of information is required to perform a policy trace for the Cisco WSA?

A. authentication credentials to make the request
B. the URL to trace
C. the destination IP address of the trace
D. the source IP address of the trace


Question #5
An engineer wants to access the Cisco Secure Web Appliance web interface using the
https://hostname:<https_api_port> URL syntax after enabling trailblazerconfig. What must the engineer ensure to access the web interface?

A. AsyncOS API HTTP port is configured in Network > Interfaces.
B. DNS server is set to automatically update the hostname of the appliance.
C. AsyncOS API HTTPS port is configured in Network > Interfaces.
D. The hostname of the appliance is included in the local hosts file of their machine.


Solutions:

Question #1
Correct Answer: B
Question #2
Correct Answer: A
Question #3
Correct Answer: B,C
Question #4
Correct Answer: B
Question #5
Correct Answer: C

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