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Palo Alto NGFWs enable you to adopt security best practices to minimize opportunities for attack by
using the following *three* policy types... - ✔✔Application, User, and Content based policies.
T/F:
Palo Alto NGFWs allow you to automate workflows via integration with administrative tools such as
ticketing services, or any system with a RESTful API. - ✔✔True
What are the *three* families of Palo Alto NGFWs? - ✔✔1) VM Series
2) Prisma Access (Cloud Firewall SaaS)
3) Physical Firewalls
Name at least *three* of the physical Palo Alto NGFW models. - ✔✔1) PA-220
2) PA800
3) PA-3200
4) PA-5200
5) PA-7000
Older models include: PA-200, PA-500, PA-3000 and PA-5000.
What capabilities does Palo Alto Traps *Advanced Endpoint Protection* provide? - ✔✔Advanced
Endpoint Protection blocks: exploits, ransomware, malware, and fileless attacks to minimize infected
endpoints and servers.
,What does *AutoFocus* provide? - ✔✔AutoFocus provides instant access to community-based threat
data, enhanced with deep context and attribution from the Unit 42 threat research team, saving
analysts time and effort.
How often is the WildFire cloud database updated? - ✔✔Every 5 minutes.
What is Palo Alto *WildFire*? - ✔✔WildFire is a cloud based malware analysis and zero day exploit
detection feature.
What is Palo Alto *Threat Prevention*? - ✔✔Threat Prevention is an IPS feature for detecting network
signatures.
What is Palo Alto *URL Filtering*? - ✔✔URL Filtering is a feature for categorizing web traffic and
preventing phishing attempts.
What is Palo Alto *MineMeld*? - ✔✔MineMeld is a threat intelligence aggregation tool for gathering
and applying IOCs at the firewall.
What is Palo Alto *Cortex Data Lake*? - ✔✔Cortex Data Lake is a tool for collecting and managing vast
amounts of security logs.
What is Palo Alto *Cortex XDR*? - ✔✔Cortex XDR is a machine learning UBA tool, for detecting post-
intrusion activities, such as risky behavior, data exfiltration, or anomalies.
The Palo Alto Networks Security Operating Platform is designed for which three purposes? (Choose
three.)
A) consume innovations quickly
B) ensure compliance
, C) focus on what matters
D) prevent successful cyberattacks - ✔✔*A)* consume innovations quickly
*C)* focus on what matters
*D)* prevent successful cyberattacks
Which item is not one of the six primary components of the Palo Alto Networks Security Operating
Platform?
A) applications (Palo Alto Networks applications, third-party applications, customer applications)
B) Cloud-Delivered Security Services
C) WildFire
D) Cortex and Cortex Data Lake
E) Network Security
F) Advanced Endpoint Protection
G) Cloud Security - ✔✔*C)* WildFire
Which cloud-delivered security service provides instant access to community-based threat data?
A) Prisma SaaS
B) AutoFocus
C) Threat 42
D) Cortex XDR - ✔✔B) AutoFocus
Which cloud-delivered security services provides security for branches and mobile users?
A) MineMeld
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Palo Alto NGFWs enable you to adopt security best practices to minimize opportunities for attack by
using the following *three* policy types... - ✔✔Application, User, and Content based policies.
T/F:
Palo Alto NGFWs allow you to automate workflows via integration with administrative tools such as
ticketing services, or any system with a RESTful API. - ✔✔True
What are the *three* families of Palo Alto NGFWs? - ✔✔1) VM Series
2) Prisma Access (Cloud Firewall SaaS)
3) Physical Firewalls
Name at least *three* of the physical Palo Alto NGFW models. - ✔✔1) PA-220
2) PA800
3) PA-3200
4) PA-5200
5) PA-7000
Older models include: PA-200, PA-500, PA-3000 and PA-5000.
What capabilities does Palo Alto Traps *Advanced Endpoint Protection* provide? - ✔✔Advanced
Endpoint Protection blocks: exploits, ransomware, malware, and fileless attacks to minimize infected
endpoints and servers.
,What does *AutoFocus* provide? - ✔✔AutoFocus provides instant access to community-based threat
data, enhanced with deep context and attribution from the Unit 42 threat research team, saving
analysts time and effort.
How often is the WildFire cloud database updated? - ✔✔Every 5 minutes.
What is Palo Alto *WildFire*? - ✔✔WildFire is a cloud based malware analysis and zero day exploit
detection feature.
What is Palo Alto *Threat Prevention*? - ✔✔Threat Prevention is an IPS feature for detecting network
signatures.
What is Palo Alto *URL Filtering*? - ✔✔URL Filtering is a feature for categorizing web traffic and
preventing phishing attempts.
What is Palo Alto *MineMeld*? - ✔✔MineMeld is a threat intelligence aggregation tool for gathering
and applying IOCs at the firewall.
What is Palo Alto *Cortex Data Lake*? - ✔✔Cortex Data Lake is a tool for collecting and managing vast
amounts of security logs.
What is Palo Alto *Cortex XDR*? - ✔✔Cortex XDR is a machine learning UBA tool, for detecting post-
intrusion activities, such as risky behavior, data exfiltration, or anomalies.
The Palo Alto Networks Security Operating Platform is designed for which three purposes? (Choose
three.)
A) consume innovations quickly
B) ensure compliance
, C) focus on what matters
D) prevent successful cyberattacks - ✔✔*A)* consume innovations quickly
*C)* focus on what matters
*D)* prevent successful cyberattacks
Which item is not one of the six primary components of the Palo Alto Networks Security Operating
Platform?
A) applications (Palo Alto Networks applications, third-party applications, customer applications)
B) Cloud-Delivered Security Services
C) WildFire
D) Cortex and Cortex Data Lake
E) Network Security
F) Advanced Endpoint Protection
G) Cloud Security - ✔✔*C)* WildFire
Which cloud-delivered security service provides instant access to community-based threat data?
A) Prisma SaaS
B) AutoFocus
C) Threat 42
D) Cortex XDR - ✔✔B) AutoFocus
Which cloud-delivered security services provides security for branches and mobile users?
A) MineMeld
