PCNSE Study Guide Notes

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EDU 110: PAN 9.0 - Configuration and Administration

1. Platforms and Architecture
2. Initial Configuration
3. Interface Configuration
4. Security and NAT Policy Configuration
5. App-ID
6. Content-ID
7. URL Filtering
8. Decryption
9. Wildfire
10. User-ID
11. Global Protect
12. Site to Site VPN's
13. Monitoring and Reporting
14. High Availability
15. Security Best Practices

EDU 120: PAN 9.0 - Managing Firewalls at Scale (Panorama)

1. Panorama Overview
2. Initial Configuration
3. Adding Firewalls to Panorama
4. Templates
5. Device Groups
6. Administrative Accounts
7. Log Collection and Forwarding
8. Aggregated Monitoring and Reporting
9. Panorama Design
10. Troubleshooting

EDU 114: PAN 9.0 - Optimizing Firewall Threat Prevention

1. Overview
2. The Cyber-Attack Lifecycle
3. Block Packet-Based and Protocol-Based Attacks
4. Blocking Threats from Known-Bad Sources
5. Blocking Threats Using App-ID
6. Blocking Threats Using Custom Applications
7. Creating Custom Threat Signatures
8. Blocking Threats in Encrypted Traffic
9. Blocking Threats in Allowed Traffic
10. Blocking Threats from Stolen Credentials
11. Viewing Threat and Traffic Information

Comment

• For PCNSE exam, EDU 114 is optional
• For PCNSA exam, only these topics are relevant:
  • Platforms and Architecture
  • Initial Configuration
  • Interface Configuration
  • Security and NAT Policy Configuration
  • App-ID
  • Content-ID
  • User-ID
  • URL Filtering
  • Monitoring and Reporting
  • Security Best Practices