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Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PCNSA)

The Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PCNSA) certification validates the skills to deploy, configure, and manage Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls (NGFWs).

Code examen

PCNSA

Durée

90 min

Questions

75

Prérequis officiels

  • Understanding of TCP/IP, VLANs, and routing basics (subnetting, static routes; OSPF/BGP knowledge helpful)
  • Knowledge of security fundamentals: firewalls, NAT, VPN concepts, and common network threats
  • Hands-on experience with PAN-OS GUI and CLI for configuration and management
  • Familiarity with App-ID, User-ID, Content-ID, and security policy concepts on Palo Alto devices
  • Recommended: completion of PAN-OS Essentials training or equivalent lab-based practice
Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PCNSA)

Professions ciblées

Network Security Engineer Firewall Administrator Security Administrator Network Engineer Security Analyst
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Manage firewall and Panorama access and interfaces; provision and control administrator authentication and role-based access; maintain, backup, and push configurations; schedule and install dynamic updates; create and apply security zones and configure virtual/logical routers and routing.
Create and maintain address, service, and application objects and groups (static and dynamic); tag objects; configure external dynamic lists (EDLs); and build application filters and application groups to simplify policy use.
Develop and evaluate application-aware Security policies using App-ID, User-ID, and Device-ID; understand rule types (interzone, intrazone, universal); configure match conditions, actions, and logging; implement source/destination NAT; and optimize policies using Policy Test Match and Policy Optimizer.
Apply and manage Security profiles and threat prevention (Antivirus, Anti-Spyware, Vulnerability Protection, URL Filtering, WildFire, DNS Security); configure threat-prevention policies and profile groups; use traffic, threat, data, and system logs for analysis; and control access via URL categories and user/group mapping.

Conseil d'étude

Hands-on practice on a PAN-OS lab: configure policies, NAT, VPNs, App-ID, and logging; review exam blueprint and practice tests daily

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