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Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Analyst

Licensing authority: Palo Alto Networks

Initial by examination
Palo Alto Networks Network Security Analyst
Appointment
Register through Pearson for an in-person test center day and time, subject to availability; no seat or future date availability was guaranteed or booked.
Certification
Accept the Candidate Agreement and receive the Program office acknowledgement of successful examination completion and applicable Program Requirements; examination results are provisional pending review/data forensics.
Identification
Use the legal name on government-issued ID and comply with Pearson identification and candidate rules; under-18 candidates require parent/guardian ID and consent, and candidate government or student ID as described in Handbook p. 3.
Preparation
The official page recommends reviewing the datasheet and completing digital learning-path courses as needed; it does not state compulsory school attendance or training for this route.
Validity
Individual certification is valid for two years from passing; this is not an exam-version retirement date.

Palo Alto Networks Network Security Analyst

Provider
Pearson VUE
Format
Computer-based multiple-choice questions; English; in-person Pearson test-center appointment. The exam-specific multiple-choice format is visually confirmed in the datasheet p. 2 sidebar.
Time limit
90 minutes; appointment time may additionally include accepting the Candidate Agreement.
Passing score
860 on a scaled-score range of 300 to 1000.
Exam fee
$250 USD; additional taxes and fees may apply and vary by country.
Examination outline
  • Object Configuration Creation and Application (30%)
    • Create and apply security profiles and security profile groups
    • Create and apply decryption profiles
    • Create and apply external dynamic lists
    • Create and apply custom objects (e.g., URL categories, signatures, data patterns)
    • Create and apply Log Forwarding profile
    • Create and apply data security profiles
    • Create and apply internet of things (IoT) security profiles
    • Create and apply DoS protection profiles
    • Create and apply SD-WAN profiles and templates
  • Policy Creation and Application (30%)
    • Create and apply Security policies (i.e., App-ID, User-ID, Content-ID)
    • Create and apply NAT policies
    • Create and apply decryption policies
    • Create and apply application override policies
    • Create and apply Policy Based Forwarding (PBF) policies
    • Create and apply SD-WAN routing and service-level agreement (SLA) policies
  • Management and Operations (26%)
    • Use centralized management system
    • Use Command Center, Activity Insights, and Policy Optimizer to improve security posture
    • Use Log Viewer and the Incidents and Alerts page to remediate incidents and alerts
  • Troubleshooting (14%)
    • Troubleshoot misconfigurations across all management and on-box options
    • Troubleshoot runtime and commit / push errors
    • Troubleshoot device usage and health
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