NSE6_EDR_AD-7.0 Fortinet NSE 6 - FortiEDR 7.0 Administrator Questions and Answers

The correct answer is C .

The FortiEDR 7.0.0 Administration Guide states that for on-premises deployments, the on-premise reputation service requests missing hashes from the cloud reputation service . If a proxy is not enabled, it requests the missing hashes from the cloud reputation service through the manager nginx . If a proxy is enabled, the on-premises reputation service requests the missing hashes through the proxy.

So, when the local reputation database does not contain the requested hash, the on-premises reputation server does not ignore the request, wait for endpoint input, or automatically block the application. It queries the cloud reputation service for the missing hash reputation data.

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The correct answer is B. Deny the application in the Finance policy .

The FortiEDR 7.0.0 Administration Guide states that Communication Control policies define the actions to be taken for a given application or application version . It also states that each Communication Control policy applies to specific Collector Groups , and all devices that belong to those Collector Groups follow that policy. A Collector Group can be assigned to only one Communication Control policy.

In the exhibit, the Collector C8092231196 is stated to be a member of the Finance group. Therefore, to block FileZilla for that Collector, the application action must be set to Deny under the Finance policy , because that is the policy context that applies to the Collector’s group.

The guide also explains that you can modify a policy action for an application/version so that the selected application is explicitly set to Allow or Deny for the relevant policy. When modified this way, the Application/Version Details area shows the action as manually changed and excluded from the original policy action.

Option A is wrong because assigning a Simulation Communication Control Policy to the DBA group does not affect a Collector in the Finance group. Option C is wrong because assigning the Finance policy to the DBA group would affect DBA Collectors, not the Finance Collector in the scenario. Option D is wrong because assigning the Finance policy to a broader group such as Default Collector Group is unnecessary and could over-broaden the policy impact. The precise action is to deny FileZilla in the policy that applies to the Collector’s own group: Finance policy .

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The correct answer is A .

The FortiEDR 7.0.0 Administration Guide states that the FortiEDR Cloud Service (FCS) enriches and enhances system security by performing deep, thorough analysis and investigation about the classification of a security event. It determines the exact classification of security events with a high degree of accuracy.

The guide further explains that the FCS classification process is performed through data enrichment and enhanced deep analysis and investigation enabled by automated and manual processes . These processes may include intelligence services, static and dynamic file analysis, sandboxing, flow analysis through machine learning, commonality analysis, crowdsourced data deduction, and more.

Therefore, FCS does not rely only on FortiGate firewall policies, local signatures, or raw Collector log correlation. It performs enriched cloud-based automated and manual analysis to classify the incident accurately.

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The correct answer is C .

The exhibit shows a Threat Hunting saved query named CLI Command with the query:

Target.Process.Filename ( " net.exe " )

It is configured as a Scheduled Query , classified as Suspicious , and set to repeat every 15 minutes . The FortiEDR guide states that saving a Threat Hunting query allows it to be defined as a scheduled query to automate threat detection. When the scheduled query runs and detects matching activity, a security event is automatically created in the Incidents tab .

The guide also states that scheduled queries run automatically according to the configured schedule, and each time a match is detected, FortiEDR generates a security event in the Incidents tab and sends notifications according to the security event configuration.

So, when the endpoint runs:

net user edruser password! /ADD

FortiEDR records the relevant process activity, and when the scheduled query runs, it matches the target process net.exe and creates an incident/security event. It is not immediate by default because the query is scheduled every 15 minutes. It also does not block CLI commands by default unless playbook actions or policy controls are configured. The activity is treated according to the saved query classification, which in the exhibit is Suspicious .

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The correct answer is A. Core.

For FortiAnalyzer / FortiAnalyzer Cloud integration, the FortiEDR 7.0.0 Administration Guide states that one prerequisite is “A Jumpbox with connectivity to FortiAnalyzer.” The same section says to refer to Setting up the FortiEDR Core for details about installing a FortiEDR Core and configuring it as a Jumpbox. In the connector configuration, the guide also states that the Jumpbox field is used to select the FortiEDR Jumpbox that will communicate with FortiAnalyzer or FortiAnalyzer Cloud.

So, the FortiEDR component associated with JumpBox capability is the Core. The Central Manager must have connectivity to Fortinet Cloud Services, but it is not the component configured as the JumpBox. The Aggregator handles registration, configuration, and monitoring between Collectors/Cores and Central Manager, and the Reputation Server is unrelated to FortiAnalyzer JumpBox communication in this context.

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The correct answers are A. %upload_file and B. %ipconfig_all .

The FortiEDR 7.0.0 Administration Guide states that FortiEDR Connect opens a console that provides direct access to a FortiEDR-protected device through a remote shell connection. This allows administrators to respond to incidents, run commands and scripts, collect and download forensic data, and remediate threats. The guide also states that the FortiEDR Connect terminal has a prompt where commands can be typed, and the Help button displays the supported commands and their parameters.

The guide further confirms that FortiEDR Connect supports FortiEDR-specific commands, Windows command-line access through %cmd , and Python commands.

For the exact command list, Fortinet’s official FortiEDR Connect technical tip lists the supported commands. In that list, %ipconfig_all is explicitly described as returning extended IP information, and %upload_file is explicitly described as uploading a file to the specified path. ( Fortinet Community )

Options C. %psexec and D. %timestamp are not listed as supported FortiEDR Connect commands in the official Fortinet command list. Therefore, they must not be selected.

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The correct answer is B. Exclude only app.exe when it is running from C:\Tools.

The FortiEDR 7.0.0 Administration Guide explains that the Exclusion Manager is used to define which processes, files, or domains are excluded from Security Policies monitoring. For Process Exclusions, FortiEDR does not inspect actions performed by specific processes, and those processes are identified by the attributes defined by the administrator.

The guide further explains that process/source attributes can include File Name, Path, Hash, and Signer. It also states that when an exclusion contains multiple conditions, an AND relationship exists between the conditions. If an OR relationship is required, a separate exclusion must be created.

In this exhibit, both conditions are selected:

File Name = app.exe

Path = C:\Tools

Because FortiEDR applies an AND relationship between multiple exclusion conditions, the exclusion applies only when both conditions match. Therefore, FortiEDR excludes app.exe only when it is located/running from C:\Tools.

Option A is wrong because no Signer condition is selected. Option C is wrong because that would apply if only the file name were used broadly. Option D is wrong because FortiEDR is not excluding every file in C:\Tools; it is excluding the process that matches both the file name and path conditions.