VMware vSphere 8 Foundations — Question 31

A customer needs help detecting lateral threat movement on east-west network traffic across multi-cloud environments.

Which solution should the customer use?

Answer options

• A. VMware HCX
• B. NSX SD-WAN
• C. NSX Distributed IDS
• D. NSX Intelligence

Correct answer: C

Explanation

The NSX Distributed IDS is specifically designed to detect lateral threat movement by analyzing traffic patterns within the network, making it the best choice for this scenario. VMware HCX and NSX SD-WAN primarily focus on application mobility and WAN optimization, respectively, and do not provide the necessary threat detection capabilities. NSX Intelligence offers insights but does not specifically target intrusion detection in the same way as NSX Distributed IDS.