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![1](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/Syg9_b7Jfe.png) How to Prepare for the NetSec-Analyst Exam? The Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Analyst (NetSec-Analyst) certification validates the skills needed to configure, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot Palo Alto Networks network security environments using technologies such as Strata Cloud Manager (SCM) and PAN-OS. Braindump2go has assembled to take you through 110 Q&As to your NetSec-Analyst Exam preparation. In the NetSec-Analyst exam resources, you will cover every field and category in Palo Alto Networks helping to ready you for your successful Palo Alto Networks Certification. Exam Overview Certification Level: Specialist Exam Format: Multiple-choice and scenario-based questions Exam Duration: About 80–90 minutes Number of Questions: Approximately 60–75 questions Recommended Experience: 6–12 months of hands-on firewall/security administration experience Testing Provider: Pearson VUE Certification Validity: 2 years Who Should Take the Exam? Network security analysts Firewall administrators SOC analysts Security engineers Network engineers Technical support engineers Security consultants It is especially useful for professionals working with Palo Alto Networks firewalls and centralized security management platforms. Most Important Topics to Know: Prioritize these: Security policy logic NAT processing App-ID and Content-ID Security Profiles SCM centralized management Log analysis Troubleshooting methodology Decryption Dynamic address groups and EDLs Commit/push workflows Career Benefits Earning the NetSec-Analyst certification can help you: Validate practical network security skills Improve cybersecurity job opportunities Demonstrate Palo Alto firewall expertise Prepare for more advanced Palo Alto certifications Strengthen SOC and firewall administration credentials Common job roles include: Network Security Analyst Firewall Administrator SOC Analyst Security Operations Engineer Network Security Engineer Most Important Topics to Know Security policy logic NAT processing App-ID and Content-ID Security Profiles SCM centralized management Log analysis Troubleshooting methodology Decryption Dynamic address groups and EDLs Commit/push workflows Common Reasons People Fail Too much theory, not enough labs Weak troubleshooting skills Poor understanding of policy matching Ignoring SCM topics Memorizing questions instead of concepts Preparation Tips Reviewing the official exam objectives Practicing firewall configuration in labs Learning Strata Cloud Manager workflows Studying policy management and troubleshooting Taking practice exams regularly Many successful candidates emphasize hands-on practice rather than memorization alone.  2026/May New Braindump2go NetSec-Analyst Exam Dumps with PDF and VCE Free Updated Today! NEW QUESTION 1 What is the expected behavior of an NGFW for handling traffic that does not match any of the SD-WAN rules in the policy? A.    It will send the traffic out the first interface listed in the SD-WAN interface profile. B.    It will send the traffic using an implied SD-WAN round-robin rule. C.    It will not use SD-WAN but will fall back to the standard routing table to determine how to handle the traffic. D.    It will drop the traffic using an implied SD-WAN default deny rule. Answer: C Explanation: If traffic does not match any SD-WAN policy rule, the firewall does not apply SD-WAN path selection and instead processes the traffic using the normal routing table, forwarding it according to standard routing behavior. NEW QUESTION 2 What is the most likely reason a primary data center firewall is no longer visible in the Strata Cloud Manager (SCM) dashboard? A.    Its environment is too complicated and cannot be onboarded in SCM. B.    Its firewall license has expired. C.    It does not have the appropriate device-level telemetry settings enabled. D.    User does not have the appropriate permissions. Answer: C Explanation: Strata Cloud Manager relies on device-level telemetry to receive status, health, and visibility data from managed firewalls. If telemetry is not enabled or properly configured, the firewall cannot send information to SCM, causing it to be absent from the dashboard even though it may still be operational. NEW QUESTION 3 Beyond being a SaaS-based delivery platform, what is an advantage of Strata Cloud Manager (SCM) over Panorama? A.    Live, inline best practice checks B.    NGFW and Prisma Access management C.    Customizable dashboards D.    Real-time alerting Answer: A Explanation: Strata Cloud Manager provides live, inline best practice checks that continuously evaluate configurations against Palo Alto Networks recommendations and immediately highlight risks or misconfigurations, offering proactive guidance that is not available in Panorama. NEW QUESTION 4 What is an important consideration when defining custom data patterns for data loss prevention (DLP) on Palo Alto Networks platforms? A.    They should be specific and tested to minimize false positives and false negatives. B.    They do not require regular updates once deployed. C.    They should be as broad as possible to cover all potential data types. D.    They are less effective than predefined patterns and should be avoided. Answer: A Explanation: Custom data patterns must be carefully defined and validated so they accurately match only the intended sensitive data. Specific, well-tested patterns reduce false positives that disrupt users and false negatives that allow data leakage, ensuring effective and reliable DLP enforcement. NEW QUESTION 5 A team of analysts uses four NGWFs with the Precision Al Bundle, SaaS Security Inline, and Strata Cloud Manager Pro Collectively this secures all company assets across the data center and two remote sites. A security incident requires the team to review a mobile user, John Doe. During the audit, the team prompts, "How was the application experience for John Doe over the past 60 days?” What is an expected response from Strata Copilot? A.    "The average application test score for 'john doe’ over the past 60 days is 37 67." B.    The user ’John Doe' encountered a total of 219 threats in the last 3 hours."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   C.    The top three threats impacting John Doe are phishing, SQL injections, and ransomware." D.    "Your organization doesn’t have ADEM." Answer: D Explanation: Application experience metrics are provided through Autonomous Digital Experience Management (ADEM). If ADEM is not licensed or deployed, Strata Copilot cannot generate user experience analytics and will indicate that the organization does not have ADEM available. NEW QUESTION 6 What is the most granular method for ensuring that traffic to a firewall’s public IP address on the public interface is translated to the private IP address of the web server? A.    Create one NAT policy, ensure the policy has original packet destination IP as the public IP address and translated packet destination IP as the private IP address, and mark Bi-directional as "Yes." B.    Create one NAT policy, set the source address to the public IP address and destination address to the private IP address, and ensure Bi-directional is checked. C.    Create two static NAT policies, ensure one policy has original packet destination IP as the public IP address and translated packet destination IP as the private IP address, ensure the other policy has original packet source IP as the private IP address and the translated packet source IP as the public IP address. D.    Create one NAT policy, ensure the policy has original packet source IP as the private IP address and the translated packet source IP as the public IP address, and mark Bi-directional as "Yes." Answer: C Explanation: That one is still C, Derrick -- and this is one of those NAT questions where the exam writers are laser‑focused on the phrase “most granular method.” NEW QUESTION 7 What are two valid pattern types in a Data Filtering profile? (Choose two.) A.    Custom Dictionary B.    Proximity Pattern C.    File Properties D.    Regular Expression Answer: CD Explanation: In a Data Filtering profile, you define data patterns with pattern types such as predefined, regular expression, and file properties, but not “custom dictionary” or “proximity pattern.” NEW QUESTION 8 A security manager asks for automated guidance on several OS security advisories released by Palo Alto Networks. Which steps can be taken on Strata Cloud Manager (SCM) to respond to the request? A.    Insights → Activity Insights → Threats, add a filter for threat category, review the logs, generate a weekly report. B.    Dashboard → PAN-OS CVEs, select the CVEs to review, generate upgrade recommendations. C.    Insights → Application Experience → Application Domains, add a filter for usage source, generate a weekly report. D.    Dashboard → Security Posture Insights, set time range to past 90 days, look at regressing scores in particular, generate a weekly report. Answer: B Explanation: The PAN-OS CVEs section in Strata Cloud Manager provides direct visibility into operating system security advisories and vulnerabilities affecting managed firewalls, along with automated guidance and recommended software upgrades to remediate the identified risks. NEW QUESTION 9 Which CLI command will provide an overview of the CPU resources consumed by the data plane of a Palo Alto Networks firewall? A.    show system state B.    show system resources C.    show running resource-monitor D.    show running statistics Answer: C Explanation: The resource monitor command displays real-time utilization for the data plane, including CPU consumption by packet processing and related processes. This provides a clear overview of how data plane resources are being used and helps diagnose performance issues. NEW QUESTION 10 A malware incident involving compromised internal hosts communicating with a command-and-control (C2) server has been resolved. In response, the C2 IP address is blocked. Which two actions using the Log Viewer will ensure the incident has been fully mitigated? (Choose two.) A.    Build and save a custom filter based on the affected endpoints and continue to monitor for suspicious traffic from the endpoints. B.    Review the authentication alerts on the affected devices. C.    Review the audit alerts and check for integrity protection alerts on the affected devices. D.    Continue to monitor for traffic going to the C2 server's IP address. Answer: AD Explanation: Creating and saving a custom filter for the affected endpoints allows continuous monitoring of their activity to detect any remaining or recurring suspicious communications. Monitoring traffic to the blocked C2 IP verifies that no further connections are attempted, confirming that the malicious communication channel has been effectively contained. NEW QUESTION 11 What is the order of processing when both Policy Based Forwarding (PBF) policies and routing table entries are involved? A.    The firewall evaluates the routing table that is using the longest prefix match and then applies any matching PBF rule to override the next-hop. B.    The firewall evaluates PBF policies first; if a packet matches a PBF rule, the specified next-hop in that rule overrides the routing table. C.    The firewall performs a simultaneous evaluation of both PBF policies and the routing table, and then it chooses the route with the lowest metric. D.    The firewall evaluates static routes, then dynamic routes, and then it applies PBF policies to adjust the next-hop. Answer: B Explanation: Policy Based Forwarding is evaluated before the routing table. If traffic matches a PBF rule, the firewall uses the next-hop defined in that rule and bypasses normal routing decisions, only consulting the routing table when no PBF rule matches. NEW QUESTION 12 A firewall administrator is creating an application override rule to bypass Layer 7 inspection for a pre-defined application. What is the expected behavior for Content-ID checks for this application? A.    DNS Security will have degraded performance for advanced features. B.    WildFire will only use inline-ML checks instead of sending items to WildFire Cloud. C.    No additional security checks will occur due to there being only Layer 4 handling. D.    Threat inspection will occur if the pre-defined application supports threat inspection. Answer: C Explanation: An application override forces the firewall to treat the traffic as a simple Layer 4 session, bypassing App-ID and Content-ID processing. Because Layer 7 inspection is skipped, security features such as threat prevention, antivirus, and other content checks are not performed for that traffic. NEW QUESTION 13 What is the benefit of the Command Center’s centralized dashboard in Strata Cloud Manager (SCM)? A.    Monitoring encryption for network performance optimization. B.    Automatically patching security vulnerabilities. C.    Monitoring and managing threats and operational health. D.    Using AI to predict and prevent potential security incidents. Answer: C Explanation: The Command Center dashboard provides a centralized view of security posture and operational status, allowing administrators to monitor threats, alerts, device health, and overall network operations in one place for faster awareness and response. NEW QUESTION 14 A security analyst is using the Strata Cloud Manager (SCM) Policy Optimizer to create specific and focused rules. The analyst accepts the new rules from Policy Optimizer and updates the rule base, but the traffic does not hit these new rules. Which action needs to be taken to resolve this issue? A.    Execute a push configuration B.    Remove the original Security policy rule C.    Enable the newly created Security policy rules D.    Perform a commit Answer: A Explanation: After accepting changes in Strata Cloud Manager, the updated policy must be pushed to the managed firewalls. Until a push configuration is executed, the new rules exist only in the manager and are not enforced on the devices, so traffic will not match them. NEW QUESTION 15 How often should external dynamic lists be updated to ensure effective Security policy enforcement? A.    Once a month B.    As new threats are identified C.    As frequently as the external source updates D.    Once a week Answer: C Explanation: External dynamic lists should refresh in alignment with the update frequency of the external source so the firewall always has the most current indicators. Updating as frequently as the source changes ensures timely enforcement against new or modified threats. NEW QUESTION 16 Which action ensures that a Panorama push will not fail due to pending local firewall changes? A.    Commit configurations locally on the device and then repeat the same configuration from Panorama. B.    Disable "Merge with Device Candidate Config." C.    Enable "Force Template Values." D.    Enable both options "Include Device and Network Templates" and "Include Firewall Clusters." Answer: A Explanation: Pending local changes create a candidate configuration that can conflict with Panorama pushes. Committing the local configuration first clears those pending changes, ensuring the device is synchronized and preventing the Panorama push from failing. NEW QUESTION 17 A security administrator is creating an internet of things (IoT) Security policy and needs to select behaviors for the traffic. Which characteristic has the greatest impact to the risk level of applications?   <a href="$image7.png"><img width="472" height="484" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="$image_thumb3.png" border="0"></a> A.    Used by Malware B.    Pervasive C.    Tunnels Other Apps D.    Known Vulnerabilities Answer: A Explanation: Traffic that is commonly used by malware directly increases the likelihood of compromise because attackers actively leverage it for command-and-control, data exfiltration, and lateral movement. This makes it an immediate and practical threat vector, giving it the highest impact on overall application risk compared to general prevalence or structural characteristics. NEW QUESTION 18 DNS rewrite can only be configured on a NAT rule with which type of destination address translation? A.    Dynamic IP and Port (DIPP) B.    Dynamic IP (with session distribution) C.    Static IP D.    Dynamic IP Answer: C Explanation: DNS rewrite requires a one-to-one, predictable mapping between the original and translated destination address so the firewall can consistently modify DNS responses. Static IP translation provides this fixed mapping, enabling accurate DNS record rewriting for inbound traffic. NEW QUESTION  19 Based on the image below, what is a risk associated with this configuration?   <a href="$image3.png"><img width="644" height="412" title="image" style="display: inline; background-image: none;" alt="image" src="$image_thumb1.png" border="0"></a> A.    Min Version setting of TLSvl 3 can cause compatibility issues with legacy applications or clients. B.    Authentication algorithm selections can significantly increase resource consumption and cause performance degradation. C.    Encryption algorithms 3DES and RC4 being disabled decreases security posture. D.    Max Version setting of "Max" enables the use of Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) and cannot be decrypted. Answer: A Explanation: Setting the minimum TLS version to TLS 1.3 restricts connections to only the newest protocol, which many legacy clients, devices, or older applications may not support. This can prevent those systems from establishing secure sessions, creating compatibility and connectivity issues. NEW QUESTION 20 Which action ensures that sensitive information such as medical records, financial transactions, and legal communications are not decrypted and that they maintain strong security? A.    Create a log forwarding filter to exclude sensitive information. B.    Disable decryption globally to avoid exposing sensitive data. C.    Create an SSL Inbound Inspection policy to identify users sending sensitive information. D.    Create a no-decrypt policy for traffic matching specific URL categories. Answer: D Explanation: A no-decrypt policy selectively exempts traffic that matches sensitive URL categories from SSL decryption, ensuring private data such as medical, financial, or legal communications remains encrypted end-to-end while still allowing decryption for other traffic, maintaining both privacy and overall security. NEW QUESTION 21 An alert indicates that multiple internal endpoints are communicating with a known malicious IP address, and the analyst needs to identify the scope of this activity by using Log Viewer. What is the first step in identifying which internal hosts have communicated with the malicious IP address and determining the extent of the communication? A.    Filter the traffic logs by the known endpoint IP addresses. B.    Filter the traffic logs by the DNS Server's IP address. C.    Filter the traffic logs by the NGFWs IP addresses. D.    Filter the traffic logs by the malicious IP address. Answer: D Explanation: Filtering the traffic logs by the malicious IP address immediately isolates all sessions involving that threat indicator, allowing the analyst to see every internal host that communicated with it and assess the full scope and extent of the activity. NEW QUESTION 22 A security administrator wants to determine which action a URL Filtering profile will take on the URL "www.chatgpt.com." The firewall has a custom URL object with "www.chatgpt.com/" as a member called "Permitted-AI." The URL "www.chatgpt.com" is also categorized as "Artificial-Intelligence, " "Computer-and-Internet-Info," and "Low-Risk." The URL Filtering profile has the following in descending order: - Artificial-Intelligence set to continue - Computer-and-Internet-Info set to block - Low-Risk set to alert - Permitted-AI set to allow Which action will the URL Filtering profile take when traffic matches the "www.chatgpt.com" URL on a rule with this profile attached? A.    Continue B.    Alert C.    Allow D.    Block Answer: C Explanation: Custom URL categories take precedence over predefined URL category matches in the profile evaluation. Since the URL is explicitly included in the custom object mapped to an allow action, that rule is applied before the standard category actions, resulting in the traffic being permitted. NEW QUESTION 23 In an environment with SSL Forward Proxy decryption policies and applications that use certificate pinning, which configuration step is essential to prevent application failures due to strict certificate validation? A.    Increase the key length of the SSL Forward Proxy certificate to enhance security. B.    Enable SSL/TLS 1.3 to ensure compatibility with modern applications. C.    Use a wildcard certificate to bypass certificate validation issues. D.    Create SSL decryption exclusions for applications that use certificate pinning. Answer: D Explanation: Applications that use certificate pinning expect the original server certificate and will reject the substituted certificate presented during SSL Forward Proxy decryption. Excluding these applications from decryption preserves the original certificate chain, preventing validation failures and application breakage. NEW QUESTION 24 When configuring SSL Inbound Inspection for a public-facing web server, what must be installed as a critical certificate management step to ensure decryption of the SSL connection? A.    Certificate generated by an internal CA server and session-specific certificates on the firewall. B.    Self-signed certificate on the firewall to protect the identity of the server. C.    Public key wildcard certificate on the firewall to decrypt all inbound traffic. D.    Web server certificate and corresponding private key on the firewall. Answer: D Explanation: SSL Inbound Inspection requires the firewall to decrypt traffic destined for the web server, which is only possible if it possesses the server’s actual certificate and matching private key. This allows the firewall to terminate and decrypt the SSL session before inspection and then re-encrypt the traffic. NEW QUESTION 25 A security administrator is building out Decryption policies and wants to decrypt according to Palo Alto Networks best practices. Which URL categories should the administrator add to the policies? A.    Proxy avoidance and anonymizers, ransomware unknown, web-based email, web advertisements, and not resolved. B.    Online storage and backup web-based email web hosting, personal sites and blogs, content delivery networks, and high-risk URL. C.    AI website generator, Command and Control, compromised website, encrypted DNS, and dynamic DNS. D.    Newly registered domains, internet communications and telephony, high-risk URL, insufficient content, hacking, and grayware. Answer: D Explanation: Best practice is to decrypt traffic that presents higher security risk or limited visibility, such as newly registered domains, high-risk URLs, hacking, grayware, and categories with insufficient content, because these are commonly associated with threats or unknown behavior and benefit most from inspection. NEW QUESTION 26 When a company has a private list of allowed URLs for its users, what can be used to force the NGFWs to securely access the external dynamic list server using username/password? A.    Basic HTTP authentication B.    SAML C.    OpenID Connect D.    LDAP Answer: A Explanation: Basic HTTP authentication allows the NGFW to securely retrieve the external dynamic list by supplying a username and password directly in the HTTP request, which is the supported method for authenticating access to protected external list servers. NEW QUESTION 27 A new firewall has been added to Panorama After entering the firewall serial number and configuring the Panorama IP address on the firewall the device still appears as "disconnected" under Panorama Managed Devices. Given that both Panorama and the firewall are on the same subnet, what are two causes for this behavior? (Choose two.) A.    Panorama policy and objects are disabled in the firewall under Panorama settings. B.    The firewall does not have a management profile to allow the Panorama IP address. C.    Panorama IP is not allowed in the firewall management interface permitted IP list. D.    Panorama is running on a PAN-OS version lower than the firewall. Answer: CD Explanation: The management interface permitted IP list must explicitly allow the Panorama IP address; otherwise, the firewall blocks management connections and cannot establish communication, leaving it disconnected. Panorama must also run the same or a later PAN-OS version than the firewall to ensure compatibility, as lower versions cannot properly manage or connect to newer devices. NEW QUESTION 28 Strata Logging Service is experiencing an issue with log retention because the quota has been filled. While the manager works with Palo Alto Networks to potentially increase the quota, an administrator is asked to ensure certain logs are given priority to meet compliance requirements, as the company has not approved increased budgets. Which steps should the administrator take to meet compliance without incurring additional cost? A.    Make a custom report in Strata Cloud Manager (SCM) for the needed areas then clear the Strata Log Service logs used in the report after the report is made. B.    Download all logs to ensure they are retained then clear the Strata Logging Service tenant so new logs can flow again. C.    Create a new AWS account and S3 bucket, then create a Log Forwarding profile that sends all logs to the S3 bucket. D.    Gather the information on the log types used for compliance reporting, then reallocate appropriate quota percentages in the configure page. Answer: D Explanation: Reallocating quota percentages allows the administrator to prioritize storage for specific log types required for compliance, ensuring those critical logs are retained while staying within the existing licensed capacity and avoiding any additional cost. NEW QUESTION 29 A company uses a load balancer with a single public IP address to distribute inbound traffic to multiple internal servers running a custom application on the non-standard port 8443. For example, traffic destined to the load balancer IP address 203.0.113.50:8443 needs to be forwarded to 10.20.30.40:9443. The load balancer directs traffic to internal hosts based on the destination port. The company requires the NAT policy to support precise port translation to ensure proper server load balancing and application availability. Which Destination NAT configuration should be implemented? A.    Configure a static NAT rule with source translation enabled to translate the public and private IP addresses, leaving port translation unchanged. B.    Configure a static NAT rule that maps the public IP address and port 8443 to the corresponding internal IP address and port 9443. C.    Configure a No NAT rule, because the load balancer dynamically handles the port 8443 to 9443 translation. D.    Configure Dynamic IP and Port (DIPP) NAT rule to automatically handle port translation, and translate the destination IP address. Answer: B Explanation: Destination NAT supports explicit translation of both the destination IP address and destination port, which is required here to map 203.0.113.50:8443 to 10.20.30.40:9443 so the correct internal service is reached and the load balancer design based on ports continues to work reliably. NEW QUESTION 30 Which set of actions will allow an administrator to handle traffic redirection most efficiently when degradation occurs on a specific SaaS application that has an on-premises backup? A.    Use Advanced Routing Engine to create a logical router with BGP, then set up a new AS routing environment. Peer the AS to the SaaS company's AS and redistribute routes from the SaaS company's AS with BGP Filtering profile for the application-specific traffic. B.    Use VPN tunneling to create tunnels between the branches and the SaaS application provider with a backup tunnel pointing to the on-premises backup. Use OSPF to determine the shortest path to reach the application which will reconverge when there is a failure. C.    Use Policy-Based Forwarding (PBF) to create a rule that sends sessions for the SaaS application to the on-premises backup, then create a path monitor with "wait-recover" selected. Ensure that "enforce symmetric return" is enabled for the rule so failures do not create routing loops. D.    Use Advanced SD-WAN to create SaaS Quality profiles and Path Quality profiles with appropriate SLA levels, then create a Traffic Distribution profile set for "top down" with a DIA interface first and the SD-WAN path that leads to on-premises backup second. Use these in an SD-WAN rule. Answer: D Explanation: Advanced SD-WAN is designed to automatically detect SaaS degradation using SLA-based monitoring and then steer traffic to a preferred alternate path. By using SaaS/Path Quality profiles with SLAs and a top-down Traffic Distribution profile (primary DIA, secondary path to on-prem backup), the firewall can redirect traffic dynamically and efficiently without manual intervention. NEW QUESTION 31 Which two actions can be taken by a Data Filtering profile when sensitive data is detected? (Choose two.) A.    Block B.    Encrypt C.    Alert D.    Captive Portal Answer: AC Explanation: A Data Filtering profile can either block the traffic to prevent sensitive data from leaving the network or generate an alert to log and notify administrators when such data is detected, enabling monitoring and response while enforcing policy. NEW QUESTION 32 Which feature of Strata Cloud Manager provides AI-powered recommendations to strengthen security posture? A.    Activity Insights B.    Strata Copilot C.    Policy Optimizer D.    Command Center Answer: B Explanation: Strata Copilot is the AI-powered feature in Strata Cloud Manager that provides recommendations to strengthen security posture. It uses machine learning and AI to analyze network traffic, security policies, and configurations, then generates insights and recommendations for improving security settings and addressing vulnerabilities or gaps. NEW QUESTION 33 An admin observes that a security policy rule using Content-ID is not blocking executable file downloads as intended. Which configuration step is most likely missing? A.    NAT policy on the source zone B.    Correct zone match on the destination C.    Proper File Blocking profile attached to the security rule D.    Decryption policy for outbound traffic Answer: C Explanation: Content-ID is a feature that enables the inspection of content in network traffic, including the ability to block or allow file downloads based on various characteristics, such as file type. If a security policy rule using Content-ID is not blocking executable file downloads as expected, it's most likely because a File Blocking profile has not been attached to the rule. The File Blocking profile allows you to define actions (such as blocking) for specific file types, like executables. NEW QUESTION 34 A security administrator wants to apply a Log Forwarding profile to all new security rules automatically.? What should the administrator name the Log Forwarding profile to ensure it is automatically assigned to new security rules?? A.    default B.    auto-assign C.    log-forward D.    new-rule-profile? Answer: A Explanation: In Palo Alto Networks devices, if a Log Forwarding profile is named "default", it will automatically be assigned to all new security rules by default. This is the built-in behavior of the system, and it ensures that logs are forwarded for new rules without needing to manually assign a Log Forwarding profile each time a new security rule is created. NEW QUESTION 35 What does a high value in the "Packet Buffer" metric typically indicate on a Palo Alto Networks firewall?? A.    The firewall is experiencing high CPU usage. B.    There is a potential packet drop due to buffer overflow. C.    The firewall's disk space is nearly full. D.    The firewall is under a DoS attack.? Answer: B Explanation: In a Palo Alto Networks firewall, the Packet Buffer is used to temporarily store packets that are being processed. A high value in the Packet Buffer metric typically indicates that the firewall is struggling to process packets at the required rate. If the buffer is too full, it may lead to buffer overflow, which can result in packet drops as the firewall is unable to handle the excess traffic. NEW QUESTION 36 A NAT policy has been configured to allow access from the internet to an internal server, but traffic does not match the Security policy intended to allow this access. The current Security policy configuration is as follows: - Source Zone: Pre-NAT Zone - Source Address Any - Destination Zone: Post-NATZone - Destination Address: Post-NAT Address Which configuration element must be corrected to resolve this issue? A.    Destination Zone should be the Pre-NAT Zone. B.    Source Address should be the original client IP address. C.    Destination Address should be the Pre-NAT Address. D.    Source Zone should be the Post-NAT Zone. Answer: C Explanation: Security policies evaluate traffic using the original (pre-NAT) source and destination IP addresses. Because the rule references the translated address, it does not match the session. Using the pre-NAT destination address ensures the traffic matches the intended security policy correctly. NEW QUESTION 37 An analyst notices latency on the firewall and wants to improve performance. Which steps can be taken to reduce management plane CPU while working to determine the underlying problem? A.    Disable log at session start and only log at session end. B.    Enable logging for intrazone-default and interzone-default security rules. C.    Disable log at session end and only log at session start. D.    Enable log forwarding from the firewall to an external destination. Answer: A Explanation: Logging at session start increases log generation frequency and management plane processing overhead. Disabling session-start logging and keeping only session-end logging reduces the number of logs created during active sessions, lowering management plane CPU utilization while you investigate the root cause. NEW QUESTION 38 A security administrator attaches an Anti-Spyware security profile to a Security policy that is set to "Allow." How does a Palo Alto Networks firewall test the traffic against the Security profile? A.    The firewall operates on a single-pass architecture and both the Security policy and security profile are applied at the same time. B.    The firewall operates on a distributed architecture with separate engines and signature sets to process the traffic. C.    Security profiles are applied to scan traffic after the Security policy has met a match critenon, but are not used in the match criteria of a traffic flow. D.    Security profiles are used in the match criteria of a traffic flow because they need to allow or block the traffic based on the content or payload. Answer: C Explanation: Security policies are evaluated first to determine whether traffic is allowed. After a rule match permits the session, the attached security profiles inspect the traffic content for threats. Profiles perform inspection and enforcement but are not part of the policy matching criteria itself. NEW QUESTION 39 An analyst determines that several sanctioned, predefined applications are being intermittently blocked, even though there is an existing policy permitting them. An investigation reveals that the applications are using non-standard ports, which is causing them to be blocked. The applications are critical for business operations, and the analyst has approval to allow them. Which configuration adjustment should be implemented to ensure secure access to the applications? A.    Disable App-ID and port filtering and rely solely on IP addresses of the applications to allow the non-standard ports. B.    Apply Disable Server Response Inspection (DSRI) to the existing Security policy to allow the non-standard ports. C.    Clone the existing Security policy rule and include unknown-tcp and unknown-udp applications with service set to "any." D.    Clone the existing Security policy rule and include the non-standard ports under services. Answer: D Explanation: Predefined applications have default port expectations, and when they use non-standard ports, the security rule must explicitly permit those ports through the service configuration. Adding the required ports to the rule allows the applications while maintaining App-ID visibility and security inspection, ensuring controlled and secure access. NEW QUESTION 40 A company requires that all file transfers only over HTTP (tcp/80 and tcp/8080) to SaaS storage must be inspected for data exfiltration. Traffic to encrypted HTTPS SaaS storage cannot be inspected based on the company decryption restrictions. When using a security profile group, which Security policy configuration meets this requirement? A.    One with data filtering to inspect all HTTP traffic on the web-browsing application using application-default for the service. B.    One with URL filtering and file blocking to block all file uploads to the URL category online-storage-and-backup, then set the service to tcp/80 and tcp/8080. C.    One with data filtering and the service set to tcp/80 and tcp/8080, then verify block threshold is set to "1" to stop exfiltration. D.    One with data filtering and an application filter that matches "file-sharing" applications, then set the service to tcp/80 and tcp/8080. Answer: D Explanation: Option D is the most accurate because it utilizes an Application Filter. Application filters are dynamic objects that automatically include applications sharing specific characteristics--in this case, the "file- sharing" subcategory which encompasses SaaS storage providers. 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