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Which document defines the seven tenets of Zero Trust Architecture and is widely cited as the foundational standard for ZTA design across U.S. federal and enterprise environments?

NIST SP 800-53

NIST SP 800-207

ISO/IEC 27001

PCI DSS v4.0

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Key Facts: Cisco SCAZT 300-740 Exam

90 min

Exam Length

Cisco 300-740 v2.0 exam page

$300

Exam Fee (USD)

Cisco / Pearson VUE

30%

Largest Domains

Policies and Access

Official Domains

SCAZT v2.0 blueprint

3 years

Certification Valid

Cisco recertification policy

Pearson VUE

Test Provider

Cisco delivery partner

SCAZT 300-740 v2.0 is a 90-minute exam, costs US$300, and is delivered by Pearson VUE. The official blueprint splits content into five domains: Concepts (10%), Identity (20%), Policies (30%), Access (30%), and Operations (10%). Passing 300-740 earns the Cisco Certified Specialist - Secure Cloud Access for Users and Endpoints badge and satisfies the concentration requirement for CCNP Security when paired with the SCOR 350-701 core. Cisco professional-level certifications are valid for three years.

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1Which document defines the seven tenets of Zero Trust Architecture and is widely cited as the foundational standard for ZTA design across U.S. federal and enterprise environments?

A.NIST SP 800-53

B.NIST SP 800-207

C.ISO/IEC 27001

D.PCI DSS v4.0

Explanation: NIST Special Publication 800-207, 'Zero Trust Architecture' (Aug 2020), defines the seven tenets of ZTA: every resource is treated as a resource, all communication is secured regardless of network location, access is granted per session, access is determined by dynamic policy, the enterprise monitors integrity and security posture, all authentication and authorization is dynamic and strictly enforced, and the enterprise collects telemetry to improve security posture. NIST 800-53 is a control catalog, ISO 27001 is an ISMS framework, and PCI DSS targets cardholder data environments — none defines the ZTA tenets.

2CISA's Zero Trust Maturity Model v2.0 organizes capabilities into five pillars supported by three cross-cutting capabilities. Which option lists the five pillars correctly?

A.Identity, Devices, Networks, Applications and Workloads, Data

B.Identity, Endpoints, Perimeter, Cloud, Operations

C.Users, Devices, SASE, SOC, Compliance

D.Identity, Edge, Fabric, Segmentation, Telemetry

Explanation: CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model v2.0 (April 2023) defines five pillars — Identity, Devices, Networks, Applications and Workloads, and Data — supported by three cross-cutting capabilities: Visibility and Analytics, Automation and Orchestration, and Governance. Each pillar is scored across four maturity stages: Traditional, Initial, Advanced, and Optimal. The other choices mix marketing terms with non-CISA pillar names.

3Under the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, which of the following is the customer's responsibility when consuming Amazon EC2?

A.Patching the underlying hypervisor

B.Physical security of the AWS data center

C.Guest OS patching, application code, and security group configuration

D.Replacing failed hardware in the host server

Explanation: In AWS's Shared Responsibility Model, AWS is responsible for security 'of' the cloud — physical facilities, hypervisor, hardware, and the global network. The customer is responsible for security 'in' the cloud, which for IaaS such as EC2 includes guest OS patching and hardening, application code, IAM configuration, encryption choices, and security group / NACL configuration. Hypervisor patching, physical security, and hardware replacement are always AWS responsibilities.

4A security architect needs to map adversary techniques against cloud identity providers and SaaS environments. Which framework explicitly catalogs cloud-specific tactics, techniques, and procedures organized into a 'Cloud' matrix?

A.NIST CSF 2.0

B.MITRE ATT&CK

C.ISO 27017

D.OWASP Cloud Top 10

Explanation: MITRE ATT&CK maintains a dedicated 'Cloud' matrix covering AWS, Azure, GCP, Office 365, Google Workspace, SaaS, and IaaS sub-platforms. It catalogs adversary tactics (Initial Access, Persistence, Defense Evasion, etc.) and specific techniques such as 'Valid Accounts: Cloud Accounts' (T1078.004) and 'Modify Cloud Compute Infrastructure' (T1578). NIST CSF and ISO 27017 are control/governance frameworks; OWASP Cloud Top 10 is risk-oriented but not technique-mapped at MITRE's granularity.

5Which AWS construct is the closest functional equivalent to an Azure Network Security Group (NSG) for stateful instance-level traffic filtering?

A.AWS Route Table

B.AWS Security Group

C.AWS Network ACL

D.AWS Transit Gateway

Explanation: An AWS Security Group is a stateful, instance-level virtual firewall that filters traffic to and from ENIs — directly analogous to an Azure NSG attached to a NIC or subnet. AWS Network ACLs are stateless subnet-level filters (closer to an extended ACL). Route tables direct traffic but do not filter it; Transit Gateway is a regional hub for inter-VPC and on-prem connectivity.

6Which statement BEST describes how eBPF-based runtime security tools such as Cilium and Tetragon enforce policy on containerized workloads?

A.They install a kernel module that intercepts every system call before delivery to the container runtime.

B.They attach sandboxed bytecode programs to kernel hooks so syscall, network, and process events can be observed and enforced without changing kernel source or installing a module.

C.They proxy all container traffic through a userspace agent for inspection.

D.They rely on a hypervisor introspection API to read container memory.

Explanation: eBPF (extended Berkeley Packet Filter) lets administrators load verified, sandboxed bytecode into the Linux kernel and attach it to hooks such as kprobes, tracepoints, XDP, and LSM. Cilium uses eBPF for in-kernel network policy and observability; Tetragon attaches eBPF programs to security-relevant events for runtime enforcement and audit. No kernel module compilation, sidecar proxying, or hypervisor introspection is required.

7Which of the following is the BEST example of the 'never trust, always verify' principle in a Zero Trust deployment?

A.A user behind the corporate perimeter firewall is trusted to reach any internal resource.

B.Each access request is evaluated against identity, device posture, and context every time, regardless of the user's network location.

C.VPN access is granted for 30 days after one successful MFA prompt.

D.All TLS sessions are terminated at the edge and re-encrypted to the backend.

Explanation: 'Never trust, always verify' means each access decision is made per-session against current identity, device posture, application sensitivity, and contextual signals — independent of network location. Implicit trust granted by perimeter, long-lived sessions, or session re-encryption alone are NOT zero-trust controls; they are perimeter-based or transport-layer controls.

8A platform team manages on-premises VMware vSphere clusters and a Kubernetes cluster running on bare metal. Which statement about this environment is correct?

A.vSphere is a private cloud hypervisor and Kubernetes is a container orchestration platform; both are part of the private cloud control plane.

B.Kubernetes only runs on public cloud providers, so this design is invalid.

C.Because vSphere is type-2 hypervisor, it cannot host production workloads.

D.Kubernetes replaces the hypervisor — vSphere is not needed when Kubernetes is present.

Explanation: VMware vSphere is a type-1 (bare-metal) hypervisor that provides a private cloud compute layer; Kubernetes is a container orchestration platform that schedules containers across worker nodes. Both can coexist as part of a private cloud strategy — Kubernetes is frequently deployed on top of vSphere VMs, but it can also run on bare metal as described. The other answers misstate hypervisor types and platform roles.

9Which consumption model places the MOST security configuration responsibility on the customer?

A.SaaS

B.PaaS

C.IaaS

D.FaaS managed runtime

Explanation: Across the cloud consumption stack, IaaS gives the customer the most control — and therefore the most responsibility — because the customer manages the guest OS, middleware, runtime, applications, and data. PaaS abstracts the OS and runtime; SaaS abstracts everything except identity and data classification. FaaS (serverless) further reduces customer responsibility by managing the runtime as well.

10A cloud security engineer is selecting a posture and compliance approach for a multi-account AWS organization. Which native or near-native combination BEST provides continuous configuration assessment and CIS benchmark scoring?

A.AWS CloudTrail alone

B.AWS Config + Security Hub with CIS AWS Foundations standard enabled

C.Amazon GuardDuty alone

D.AWS WAF rules in count mode

Explanation: AWS Config records resource configuration over time and evaluates rules against desired state; AWS Security Hub aggregates findings and supports the CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark, NIST 800-53, and PCI DSS standards. Together they provide continuous posture and compliance scoring. CloudTrail logs API activity but does not assess posture; GuardDuty focuses on threat detection; AWS WAF protects web applications and is not a posture tool.

About the Cisco SCAZT 300-740 Exam

The 300-740 SCAZT exam validates skills in zero-trust architecture and Cisco's Secure Cloud Access portfolio, and is one of the concentration exams for the CCNP Security certification. The official v2.0 blueprint covers cloud security concepts (NIST 800-207, CISA ZTMM v2.0, MITRE ATT&CK Cloud, AWS/Azure/GCP, Kubernetes, eBPF), identity (Cisco Duo MFA and Trusted Endpoints, SAML, SCIM, posture), policies (encryption, IPS/DLP/malware, AI Defense, AI Access/Guardrails, Cisco Secure Workload microsegmentation), access (DNS Security, Secure Web Gateway, DLP, CASB, ZTNA via Cisco Secure Access with QUIC and MASQUE, ThousandEyes DEM), and operations (telemetry interpretation, dashboards, Cisco XDR and Splunk integration).

Assessment

Approximately 55-65 multiple-choice, multi-select, drag-and-drop, and scenario-based items per Cisco; exact count varies by exam form.

Time Limit

90 minutes

Passing Score

Variable cut score (~825/1000); Cisco does not publish the exact passing percentage for 300-740.

Exam Fee

$300 USD (Cisco / Pearson VUE)

Cisco SCAZT 300-740 Exam Content Outline

10%

Concepts

Industry cloud security frameworks (NIST SP 800-207, CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model v2.0), MITRE ATT&CK cloud techniques, public cloud security/operational requirements (AWS/Azure/GCP), Shared Responsibility Model, private cloud (VMware, Kubernetes), and eBPF runtime security with Cilium and Tetragon.

20%

Identity

Identity intelligence across IDPs, certificate-based user/device authentication, Cisco Duo MFA (including phishing-resistant Verified Push and WebAuthn/FIDO2), Duo Trusted Endpoints and Device Health, endpoint posture for resource access, SAML 2.0 SSO with mobile/web applications, and SSO/user provisioning via SCIM and SAML through an IDP connection.

30%

Policies

Encryption for data in transit and at rest (TLS, IPsec), IPS/DLP/malware features for secure private access, Cisco AI Defense, Cisco Secure Access AI Access and AI Guardrails, Web Application Firewall and DDoS protection, security policies for SSE and SD-WAN devices (Cisco Secure Firewall/FTD, Meraki, Catalyst), and Cisco Secure Workload application enforcement (lateral movement prevention, microsegmentation, vulnerability assessment, application discovery, policy creation/validation/analysis).

30%

Access

Configuring DNS security, Secure Web Gateway, Data Loss Protection, and CASB; secure private access for workloads via Resource Connector or IPsec backhaul, including branch connectivity; secure private access for users including VPN-as-a-Service with ISE as RADIUS using Cisco Secure Access and Cisco Secure Client, Digital Experience Monitoring with ThousandEyes, and zero-trust access (clientless and client-based) using Secure Access, Cisco Secure Client, QUIC, and MASQUE.

10%

Operations

Selecting cloud-application visibility/microsegmentation/traffic-analysis/policy-enforcement tooling for workloads and containers, interpreting traffic flow and telemetry reports for baseline and compliance behavior analysis, interpreting Cisco Secure Access dashboards, and integrating Cisco Secure Access with Cisco XDR and Splunk Enterprise for SOC operations.

How to Pass the Cisco SCAZT 300-740 Exam

What You Need to Know

Passing score: Variable cut score (~825/1000); Cisco does not publish the exact passing percentage for 300-740.
Assessment: Approximately 55-65 multiple-choice, multi-select, drag-and-drop, and scenario-based items per Cisco; exact count varies by exam form.
Time limit: 90 minutes
Exam fee: $300 USD

Keys to Passing

Complete 500+ practice questions
Score 80%+ consistently before scheduling
Focus on highest-weighted sections
Use our AI tutor for tough concepts

Cisco SCAZT 300-740 Study Tips from Top Performers

1Read the official Cisco 300-740 SCAZT v2.0 exam topics PDF end to end - it is concise, names every product (Cisco Secure Access, Duo, Secure Workload, Secure Client, ThousandEyes, XDR, Splunk), and is the single source of truth for what is testable.

2Spend the most time on Policies (30%) and Access (30%) - together they are 60% of the exam and cover the Cisco Secure Access SSE platform (DNS Security, SWG, CASB, DLP, CDFW, RBI), ZTNA (clientless and client-based with QUIC/MASQUE), and Cisco Secure Workload microsegmentation.

3Memorize NIST SP 800-207's seven tenets of Zero Trust and the five pillars of CISA's Zero Trust Maturity Model v2.0 (Identity, Devices, Networks, Applications and Workloads, Data) plus the three cross-cutting capabilities.

4Learn the Cisco Duo product surface in detail: MFA factor types (Push, Verified Push, WebAuthn/FIDO2, Passwordless), Trusted Endpoints, Device Health Application, Risk-Based Authentication, SSO as a SAML IdP, and SCIM provisioning.

5Study Cisco Secure Workload (formerly Tetration): agent-based application dependency mapping, host-firewall enforcement (iptables/nftables on Linux, WFP on Windows), policy analysis/monitor mode before enforcement, and vulnerability assessment.

6Know Cisco Secure Access connectivity options cold: IPsec backhaul vs Resource Connector, branch tunnels vs endpoint-based forwarding via Cisco Secure Client (Umbrella roaming + Internet Security modules), and clientless vs client-based ZTNA.

7Understand the AI features called out in v2.0 - Cisco AI Defense (discover, validate, runtime guardrails on AI assets) and Cisco Secure Access AI Access plus AI Guardrails (visibility and control over GenAI usage with DLP on prompts and responses).

8Practice operations questions: interpreting Cisco Secure Access dashboards and activity reports, building behavior baselines from telemetry, and integrating Secure Access with Cisco XDR and Splunk Enterprise for cross-vector SOC investigations.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many questions are on the SCAZT 300-740 exam and how long is it?

The 300-740 SCAZT is a 90-minute exam. Cisco does not publish a fixed question count, but the exam typically delivers around 55 to 65 questions including multiple-choice, multiple-select, drag-and-drop, and scenario-based items. Plan your pacing for under two minutes per item on average.

What is the passing score for SCAZT 300-740?

Cisco uses a variable scaled cut score and does not publish the exact passing percentage for 300-740. CCNP-level exams have historically scaled to roughly 825 out of 1000, but the actual passing line per form is set by Cisco psychometrics and is not disclosed. Aim for a consistent 85% or higher on quality practice questions before testing.

What does the 300-740 exam cost and who delivers it?

The 300-740 SCAZT exam costs US$300 plus applicable taxes. It is delivered by Pearson VUE either at a physical test center or through OnVUE online proctoring. You can register through the Cisco certification portal, which routes you to Pearson VUE for scheduling.

What domains are covered and how are they weighted?

The official SCAZT v2.0 blueprint defines five domains: Concepts (10%) covering NIST 800-207, CISA ZTMM v2.0, MITRE ATT&CK Cloud, public/private cloud, and eBPF; Identity (20%) covering Cisco Duo MFA, Trusted Endpoints, SAML, and SCIM; Policies (30%) covering encryption, AI Defense and AI Access, WAF, SSE/SD-WAN policy, and Cisco Secure Workload microsegmentation; Access (30%) covering DNS Security, SWG, DLP, CASB, and ZTNA via Cisco Secure Access with QUIC/MASQUE; and Operations (10%) covering telemetry, dashboards, and Cisco XDR/Splunk integration.

Are there prerequisites for SCAZT 300-740?

Cisco does not enforce formal prerequisites for 300-740, but recommends solid CCNA-level networking knowledge plus hands-on familiarity with cloud, identity, and security concepts. SCAZT is a CCNP Security concentration exam, so most candidates pair it with the SCOR 350-701 core exam to earn the full CCNP Security certification.

How does 300-740 fit into CCNP Security?

Passing 300-740 alone earns the Cisco Certified Specialist - Secure Cloud Access for Users and Endpoints badge. To earn CCNP Security, you must pass the SCOR 350-701 core exam plus one concentration exam such as 300-710 SNCF, 300-715 SISE, 300-720 SESA, 300-725 SWSA, 300-730 SVPN, 300-735 SAUTO, or 300-740 SCAZT.

How long is the certification valid?

Cisco professional certifications are valid for three years from the date you pass. You can recertify by passing any current CCNP concentration or core exam, the CCIE written or lab, or by combining Continuing Education credits earned through approved Cisco activities.