Sophos Certified Engineer Practice Exam

Sophos Firewall integrates with Active Directory primarily through user-based authentication and policy management. This integration allows the firewall to authenticate users based on their Active Directory credentials, which is critical for applying user-specific policies and access controls. By leveraging Active Directory, the firewall can identify users within the network and enforce security measures tailored to each user's role and permissions. This enhances network security by ensuring that policies are consistently applied across users, allowing for more granular control over access to resources and applications.

The integration supports seamless access for users within the domain while ensuring compliance with company security policies. For instance, if an organization wants to restrict internet access or limit access to certain applications based on user groups defined in Active Directory, Sophos Firewall can effectively implement these controls by pulling in user data and group policies directly from the directory service.

Other choices, such as centralized data storage and backup, network traffic analysis and monitoring, and anomaly detection and threat remediation, do not specifically pertain to the fundamental integration of the firewall with Active Directory. They relate more to other types of functionalities provided by Sophos products, ensuring overall security but not directly linked to Active Directory integration in terms of user authentication and policy application.