Forescout FSCP Exam - Topic 8 Question 21 Discussion

Comprehensive and Detailed Explanation From Exact Extract of Forescout Platform Administration and Deployment:

According to theForescout Administration Guide,'Host becomes offline' is NOT an admission event. Admission events are triggers that cause policy rechecks, and according to the documentation:

What IS an Admission Event:

According to the official documentation:

'An admission event is a trigger that causes policies to be rechecked. Examples of admission events include:

DHCP Request

IP Address Change

Switch Port Change

Authentication via RADIUS or other authentication servers

Login to an authentication server

New VPN user'

Specific Admission Events Listed:

According to the Policy Main Rule Advanced Options documentation:

Admission events include:

DHCP Request- When an endpoint sends a DHCP request

IP Address Change- When an endpoint's IP address changes

Switch Port Change- When an endpoint moves to a different switch port

Authentication Events- When endpoints authenticate to RADIUS or other servers

VPN Events- When VPN users connect

Why 'Host becomes offline' is NOT an Admission Event:

According to the documentation:

A hostbecoming offlineis NOT listed as an admission event. Instead, policies handle offline hosts differently:

By default, policies are rechecked every 8 hours regardless of online/offline status

Offline detection is aproperty state change, not anadmission event

The system tracks whether a host was 'seen' or is currently 'online,' but this doesn't trigger admission event rechecks

Why Other Options ARE Admission Events:

A . DHCP Request - Explicitly listed admission event

B . IP Address Change - Explicitly listed admission event

D . Login to an authentication server - Explicitly listed admission event

E . New VPN user - Explicitly listed admission event

Referenced Documentation:

Forescout eyeSight policy main rule advanced options

Working with Policy Templates - When Are Policies Run

Event Properties documentation