What is the purpose of the NAT Policy?

The correct answer is B. The purpose of the NAT Policy is to manage IP address translation on the Security Gateway. NAT rules determine whether the gateway changes the source address, destination address, service/port, or a combination of these values as packets pass through the gateway. This is commonly used to hide internal private addresses behind a public address for outbound access, publish internal servers to external users, or resolve address-overlap scenarios. Option A is incorrect because threat prevention is handled by Threat Prevention features such as IPS, Anti-Bot, Anti-Virus, Threat Emulation, and related profiles. Option C is incorrect because user access is controlled by Access Control rules, Identity Awareness, Access Roles, and related policy conditions. Option D is incorrect because monitoring is handled through logs, SmartView Monitor, SmartEvent, and reporting tools. NAT does not decide whether traffic is allowed; Access Control must still permit the connection. Reference topics: NAT Policy, Automatic NAT, Manual NAT, Security Policy Management.