SOPHOS ENGINEER CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION 2026 NETWORK SECURITY
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
GRADED A+
●● What is ZTNA?
Answer: Sophos's Zero Trust Network Access
●● What is Sophos Lateral Protection?
Answer: It is a micro segmentation solution. If device becomes infected
it will be isolated to stop the attack or regardless of the Network
Topology
●● What are the three key features of Sophos Firewall?
Answer: It is a comprehensive security device, with a zone-based
firewall and Identity-based policies at its core.
It can expose hidden risk, stop unknown threats and isolate infected
systems
It supports ZTNA by providing network segmentation and lateral
movement protection
●● What are the phases of the Attack Kill Chain?
Answer: 1. Reconnaissance
, 2. Weaponization
3. Delivery
4. Exploitation
5. Installation
6. Command and control
7. Behaviour
●● What happens in the Reconnaissance and Weaponization phases of
the Attack Kill Chain?
Answer: The attacker will passively harvest email addresses and
company information, before actively scanning the target environment
using tools like port Scanners
●● What happens in the Delivery phase of the Attack Kill Chain?
Answer: The attacker will access the estate to deliver the malicious
payload via methods such as Email or social engineering to direct the
victim to a malicious site
●● What does Sophos Web Protection do?
Answer: By scanning http/https traffic for unwanted content and
malware.
●● What does Web Filtering do?
Answer: Web filtering can allow or block sites based on content filters
EVALUATION 2026 NETWORK SECURITY
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
GRADED A+
●● What is ZTNA?
Answer: Sophos's Zero Trust Network Access
●● What is Sophos Lateral Protection?
Answer: It is a micro segmentation solution. If device becomes infected
it will be isolated to stop the attack or regardless of the Network
Topology
●● What are the three key features of Sophos Firewall?
Answer: It is a comprehensive security device, with a zone-based
firewall and Identity-based policies at its core.
It can expose hidden risk, stop unknown threats and isolate infected
systems
It supports ZTNA by providing network segmentation and lateral
movement protection
●● What are the phases of the Attack Kill Chain?
Answer: 1. Reconnaissance
, 2. Weaponization
3. Delivery
4. Exploitation
5. Installation
6. Command and control
7. Behaviour
●● What happens in the Reconnaissance and Weaponization phases of
the Attack Kill Chain?
Answer: The attacker will passively harvest email addresses and
company information, before actively scanning the target environment
using tools like port Scanners
●● What happens in the Delivery phase of the Attack Kill Chain?
Answer: The attacker will access the estate to deliver the malicious
payload via methods such as Email or social engineering to direct the
victim to a malicious site
●● What does Sophos Web Protection do?
Answer: By scanning http/https traffic for unwanted content and
malware.
●● What does Web Filtering do?
Answer: Web filtering can allow or block sites based on content filters
