How does SMA enforce role-based access control (RBAC)?

By using only local user accounts

By allowing all users full access

By assigning specific permissions to user roles

What is the purpose of SMA high availability (HA)?

To ensure continuous centralized management in case of a failure

To replace the need for backups

To provide load balancing for web traffic

Which redundancy option is commonly used for SMA to provide failover capability?

Relying on ESA/WSA to manage themselves

Pairing two SMAs in an active/standby configuration

Deploying SMA in a cluster with load balancing

Using a single SMA with redundant power supplies

What is the primary function of Cisco SMA when integrated with Cisco ESA?

To provide centralized management, reporting, and tracking for multiple ESAs

To replace the ESA's email filtering engine

To act as a mail transfer agent (MTA) for incoming email

To provide antivirus scanning for email attachments

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