What is a benefit of the application-aware firewall in Cisco SD‑WAN?

The application-aware firewall in Cisco SD-WAN provides granular application visibility, allowing administrators to identify and understand the types of applications traversing their network. This visibility is crucial for making informed decisions about security policies and network optimization. While control policy enforcement is a capability of SD-WAN, the firewall's primary benefit in this context is the visibility that enables such enforcement. Application monitoring is a broader concept that can leverage application visibility but isn't the direct benefit of the firewall itself. Application malware protection is a function of advanced security features, not the core benefit of an application-aware firewall.