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PCNSA: Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator

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An administrator is updating Security policy to align with best practices.

Which Policy Optimizer feature is shown in the screenshot below?

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A security administrator has configured App-ID updates to be automatically downloaded and installed. The company is currently using an application identified by App-ID as SuperApp_base.

On a content update notice, Palo Alto Networks is adding new app signatures labeled SuperApp_chat and SuperApp_download, which will be deployed in 30 days.

Based on the information, how is the SuperApp traffic affected after the 30 days have passed?

All traffic matching the SuperApp_chat, and SuperApp_download is denied because it no longer matches the SuperApp-base application
All traffic matching the SuperApp_chat, and SuperApp_download is denied because it no longer matches the SuperApp-base application
No impact because the apps were automatically downloaded and installed
No impact because the apps were automatically downloaded and installed
No impact because the firewall automatically adds the rules to the App-ID interface
No impact because the firewall automatically adds the rules to the App-ID interface
All traffic matching the SuperApp_base, SuperApp_chat, and SuperApp_download is denied until the security administrator approves the applications
All traffic matching the SuperApp_base, SuperApp_chat, and SuperApp_download is denied until the security administrator approves the applications
Suggested answer: A
Explanation:

https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/9-0/pan-os-admin/app-id/manage-new-app-idsintroduced-in-content-releases/review-new-app-id-impact-on-existing-policy-rules

asked 23/09/2024
MD NAZRI BEZAMAN
30 questions

Which type of DNS signatures are used by the firewall to identify malicious and command-and-control domains?

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Which action would an administrator take to ensure that a service object will be available only to the selected device group?

create the service object in the specific template
create the service object in the specific template
uncheck the shared option
uncheck the shared option
ensure that disable override is selected
ensure that disable override is selected
ensure that disable override is cleared
ensure that disable override is cleared
Suggested answer: D
Explanation:

https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/panorama/9-0/panorama-admin/manage-firewalls/managedevice-groups/create-objects-for-use-in-shared-or-device-group-policy

asked 23/09/2024
BISWARUP KUNDU
41 questions

Which firewall plane provides configuration, logging, and reporting functions on a separate processor?

control
control
network processing
network processing
data
data
security processing
security processing
Suggested answer: A
asked 23/09/2024
Sacha CONTI
43 questions

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Given the network diagram, traffic must be permitted for SSH and MYSQL from the DMZ to the SERVER zones, crossing two firewalls. In addition, traffic should be permitted from the

SERVER zone to the DMZ on SSH only.

Which rule group enables the required traffic?

A)

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B)

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C)

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D)

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An administrator needs to add capability to perform real-time signature lookups to block or sinkhole all known malware domains.

Which type of single unified engine will get this result?

User-ID
User-ID
App-ID
App-ID
Security Processing Engine
Security Processing Engine
Content-ID
Content-ID
Suggested answer: A
asked 23/09/2024
Subramaniam Pratheep
39 questions

Which order of steps is the correct way to create a static route?

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Which security profile will provide the best protection against ICMP floods, based on individual combinations of a packet`s source and destination IP address?

DoS protection
DoS protection
URL filtering
URL filtering
packet buffering
packet buffering
anti-spyware
anti-spyware
Suggested answer: A
asked 23/09/2024
Farrah Colson
34 questions

What are three valid source or D=destination conditions available as Security policy qualifiers? (Choose three.)

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