NetSec-Analyst Multiple Select — 60 Questions

Question 1

Which THREE of the following are valid methods for registering tags to IP addresses to populate Dynamic Address Groups?

Accepted Answer

Configuring the VM-Series to monitor cloud provider metadata.. Option B is correct because the VM-Series can be configured with a cloud provider plugin (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) that polls the cloud metadata service to learn which IP addresses belong to instances carrying specific tags, and this information is used to populate Dynamic Address Groups. Option D is correct because the User-ID agent can register IP-to-tag mappings via the User-ID XML API, allowing tags to be associated with IP addresses and thereby populate Dynamic Address Groups. Option E is correct because the PAN-OS XML API exposes a 'register' operation (e.g., type=user-id, cmd=...) that directly registers tags to IP addresses for Dynamic Address Group membership. Option A is not a valid method because tags are not assigned to interfaces in the Network tab; interface configuration does not register tags to IP addresses for Dynamic Address Groups. Option C is not a valid method because custom App-ID creation identifies applications in traffic and does not register tags to IP addresses for Dynamic Address Group population.

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Assigning the tag directly to the interface in the Network tab.

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Creating a custom App-ID that identifies the traffic.

Question 2

A network security analyst is troubleshooting an issue where a user cannot access an internal web server. The analyst suspects that the firewall is blocking the traffic. Which TWO actions should the analyst take to determine if a security policy rule is causing the block? (Choose two.)

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Check the traffic logs filtered by the user's source IP and the server's destination IP.. The most direct methods to determine if a security policy rule is blocking traffic are to simulate the flow with 'test security-policy-match' and to examine traffic logs for the specific connection. The policy match command identifies the exact rule that would be applied, while logs provide evidence of actual denials. Together, they confirm whether a policy rule is the cause and which one, enabling targeted remediation.

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Use 'show counter global filter delta yes' to look for packet drops.

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Run 'show session all filter source destination ' to see if a session exists.

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Run 'debug dataplane packet-diag set filter match source destination ' to capture packets.

Question 3

Which THREE types of dynamic updates are managed in the Device > Dynamic Updates menu?

Accepted Answer

WildFire signatures.. In the Palo Alto Networks Device > Dynamic Updates menu, the three content update categories managed are WildFire signatures (A), Applications/App-ID (B), and Threats covering Antivirus and IPS (D). WildFire signatures (A) are downloaded here to enable cloud-delivered malware verdicts and local WildFire inline ML detection. Applications (B) are the App-ID content packages that let the firewall recognize new or updated applications without a PAN-OS upgrade. Threats (D) is the combined Antivirus and IPS content package that provides vulnerability and spyware signatures. Routing protocol updates (C) are not dynamic content updates; BGP/OSPF behavior is configured under Network settings and changed only via PAN-OS software. PAN-OS firmware images (E) are software upgrades handled under Device > Software, not Device > Dynamic Updates.

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Routing protocol updates (BGP/OSPF).

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PAN-OS firmware images.

Question 4

Which TWO of the following settings must be verified to ensure successful SSL Decryption?

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SSL Decryption Policy. To ensure successful SSL Decryption, you must verify the SSL Decryption Policy (Option A), because this policy defines which traffic is decrypted, which traffic is bypassed, and which decryption profile is applied; without a matching rule, traffic will not be decrypted. You must also verify CA Certificate trust (Option B), because the firewall's forward-trust or forward-untrust certificate must be trusted by the endpoint, otherwise the client will reject the re-signed certificate and the decrypted session will fail. GlobalProtect configuration (Option C) is not required for SSL Decryption itself, as it is a remote-access VPN feature and only relevant if traffic is tunneled through GlobalProtect. Client-side browser cache (Option D) does not affect decryption success and is not a required setting to verify. App-ID database version (Option E) affects application identification and content inspection but is not a prerequisite setting for enabling SSL Decryption.

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GlobalProtect configuration

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Client-side browser cache

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App-ID database version

Question 5

Which TWO of the following are valid source types for a Security Policy?

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Source Address. Security policies can match on Source Zones and Source Address objects.

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QoS profile

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Interface speed

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NAT policy

Question 6

Which THREE criteria can be used to filter traffic logs in the Monitor tab?

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Destination port.. In the Monitor tab's traffic log filtering, destination port (A) is a valid criterion because logs record the Layer 4 port of the session, allowing filters such as destination port 443 to isolate HTTPS traffic. Application name (D) is also valid since the firewall performs App-ID classification and stores the recognized application in the log, so filtering by application (e.g., ssl or web-browsing) is supported. Source IP address (E) is a valid filter because each traffic log entry includes the originating IP of the session, enabling queries for a specific host or subnet. Options B (power supply voltage) and C (CPU temperature) are hardware and environmental metrics, not fields present in traffic logs, so they cannot be used to filter log entries in the Monitor tab.

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Power supply voltage.

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CPU temperature.

Question 7

Which THREE items are required to successfully register a new firewall in the Customer Support Portal?

Accepted Answer

Valid Customer Support Portal account.. To register a new firewall in the Customer Support Portal, you must have a valid Customer Support Portal account (option B), since the registration process is tied to your authenticated user identity and licenses/devices are associated with that account. You also need the hardware serial number (option D), which uniquely identifies the specific firewall appliance and is used by the portal to bind the device record and its entitlements. Finally, a registration authorization code (option E) is required, as it is generated for the device and validates that the firewall is authorized to be added to your account. Options A and C are not required: a list of connected switch ports is irrelevant to portal registration, and the firewall's public SSH key is not used for this registration workflow.

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A list of all connected switch ports.

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The public SSH key of the firewall.

Question 8

A security analyst is creating a new static Address Object on a Palo Alto Networks firewall to represent a partner company's web server at 203.0.113.45/32. The analyst must complete the required fields correctly for the object to commit and function in policy. Which two elements are required when defining this static Address Object? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

The IP address or subnet value. A static Address Object fundamentally needs two things: a unique name so it can be referenced unambiguously, and the IP address or subnet value that the firewall will match. Tags, descriptions, and DNS associations are optional attributes that enhance management or apply to other object types but are not required to create or use this object.

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A tag assignment for the object

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A description field entry

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A DNS server association

Question 9

Which THREE resources should an administrator use to stay updated on security advisories and product changes?

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Official PAN-OS Documentation site.. The Official PAN-OS Documentation site (A) is correct because it is the authoritative source for release notes, new features, and product changes across PAN-OS versions, keeping administrators informed of updates that affect their deployments. The Customer Support Portal (CSP) news (B) is correct because Palo Alto Networks publishes critical bulletins, field notices, and support-related announcements there that directly affect customers' environments. The Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories page (D) is correct because it is the dedicated, vendor-maintained source for vulnerability disclosures, CVE details, severity ratings, and fixed PAN-OS versions, which is exactly what administrators need to track security advisories. Random IT forums (C) are not authoritative and may contain inaccurate or outdated information, and local system logs (E) only reflect events on a single device rather than providing proactive, vendor-issued advisories or product change notifications.

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Random IT forums on the internet.

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The local system logs.

Question 10

Which TWO log types can be forwarded to an external collector from a Palo Alto firewall?

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Traffic logs.. Traffic logs (C) are correct because the Palo Alto firewall generates session-level Traffic log entries that can be forwarded to external log collectors such as syslog servers, Panorama, or Cortex Data Lake via log forwarding profiles. Threat logs (E) are also correct because Threat log entries, generated when security profiles like Antivirus, Anti-Spyware, Vulnerability Protection, or URL Filtering detect malicious activity, are forwardable to external collectors through the same log forwarding mechanisms. Keyboard input logs (A) are not a log type produced by the firewall, as the platform does not capture keystroke data. Hardware diagnostic sensor readings (B) are internal system health metrics, not forwardable log types in the log forwarding profile configuration. BIOS boot sequences (D) occur at the hardware firmware level and are not part of the firewall's forwardable log categories.

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Keyboard input logs.

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Hardware diagnostic sensor readings.

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BIOS boot sequences.

Question 11

When managing objects in SCM, which actions can be performed on tags? (Choose TWO)

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Assigning a color. Option A (Assigning a color) is correct because Palo Alto Networks SCM (Strata Cloud Manager) allows administrators to assign a color to a tag, which serves as a visual label for quick identification and filtering of tagged objects. Option D (Applying to objects for organization) is correct because tags are metadata labels that can be attached to objects such as addresses, address groups, and policies to categorize, group, and organize them logically within SCM. Options B and C are incorrect because IP ranges and port protocols are attributes of address objects and service objects respectively, not of tags. Option E is incorrect because a security policy is a separate rule construct that can reference tags, but tags themselves do not create security policies.

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Defining an IP range

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Defining a port protocol

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Creating a security policy

Question 12

A security analyst is tasked with reviewing the firewall's logs to identify potential security incidents. The analyst needs to ensure that logs are being forwarded to an external SIEM for long-term retention and analysis. Which TWO actions must the analyst verify are configured correctly on the firewall? (Choose two.)

Accepted Answer

A Log Forwarding profile is applied to security policy rules.. To forward logs to an external SIEM, the firewall must have a syslog server profile that defines the SIEM's address and port, and a Log Forwarding profile that references that syslog profile and is applied to security policy rules. These two components ensure logs are generated and sent to the SIEM. Other options, such as management gateway, Threat Prevention license, or local logging, do not enable external forwarding.

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The firewall has a valid Threat Prevention license.

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The firewall's management interface has a default gateway.

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The security policy rules have logging enabled at session end.

Question 13

Which elements are required when creating a new custom Service Object? (Choose THREE)

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Protocol. When creating a custom Service Object, the Protocol (A) is required because the firewall must know which IP protocol (e.g., TCP, UDP, ICMP) the service uses to match traffic correctly. The Port (C) is required because a service object defines the destination port (or port range) that the protocol operates on, such as TCP/443. The Name (D) is required because every service object must have a unique identifier used to reference it in security policy rules. Tag (B) is optional metadata used for grouping or filtering objects and is not mandatory for creation. Description (E) is also optional documentation and is not required for the object to function.

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Tag

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Description

Question 14

Which TWO items are considered 'Objects' in the PAN-OS environment?

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Service objects. Addresses, services, and application groups are all examples of objects that can be referenced in policies.

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User names

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Security zones

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Policy rules

Question 15

Which TWO of the following are benefits of using Strata Cloud Manager for enterprise firewall management?

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Centralized visibility and reporting.. Option A (Centralized visibility and reporting) is correct because Strata Cloud Manager is Palo Alto Networks' cloud-delivered management plane that aggregates telemetry, logs, and health data from managed firewalls into a single console, giving administrators unified dashboards, analytics, and reporting across the entire estate. Option C (Uniform policy distribution across device groups) is correct because Strata Cloud Manager uses hierarchical device groups and policy objects to push consistent security rules and configurations to many firewalls at once, eliminating per-device manual configuration and reducing policy drift. The remaining options are incorrect: power supplies (B) are a physical hardware concern unrelated to a cloud management service, automatic hardware replacement (D) is a support/RMA function rather than a management-platform benefit, and interface speed (E) is determined by the firewall's hardware and link capabilities, not by Strata Cloud Manager.

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Reduced need for local power supplies.

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Automatic physical hardware replacement.

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Increased local firewall interface speed.

Question 16

Which TWO of the following characteristics apply to Service Objects in Strata Cloud Manager?

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They allow the use of port ranges, such as 1000-2000.. Option B is correct because Service Objects in Strata Cloud Manager support port ranges (for example, 1000-2000) in addition to single ports, which lets administrators define a contiguous span of ports within one object rather than creating many individual entries. Option E is correct because Service Objects can be referenced inside Service Groups, and those groups can then be used in policy rules, simplifying and reducing the size of the rulebase. Option A is incorrect because tags are not automatically inherited from the policy rule a Service Object is applied to; tags are assigned to objects directly. Option C is incorrect because Service Objects are scoped to a folder/device group hierarchy and are not required to be globally unique across all Device Groups. Option D is incorrect because a Service Object defines a single protocol (TCP or UDP) with its port or port range, so TCP and UDP cannot be combined in one object.

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They automatically inherit tags from the policy rule they are applied to.

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They are globally unique across all Device Groups.

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They support the definition of both TCP and UDP ports in a single object.

Question 17

Which THREE features are associated with an 'Application Filter'?

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Technology. Application Filters group applications based on category, subcategory, and technology, and these filters update automatically as new applications are added to the PAN-OS database.

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Destination port

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Source IP address

Question 18

Which of the following are benefits of using Device Groups in SCM? (Choose THREE)

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Inheritance of configuration. Device Groups in Palo Alto Networks Strata Cloud Manager (SCM) are hierarchical containers that let child folders/devices automatically receive settings defined at a parent level, so option B (Inheritance of configuration) is correct because policies, objects, and profiles flow down the hierarchy without being recreated per device. Option C (Shared object management) is correct because objects such as address objects, tags, and security profiles defined in a Device Group can be referenced by all member devices, eliminating duplicate definitions. Option E (Configuration modularity) is correct because Device Groups let you organize configuration into reusable, layered building blocks (for example, a baseline group plus site-specific groups) that can be mixed and matched across deployments. Option A (Local-only access) is not a benefit of Device Groups, since Device Groups are precisely a mechanism for centralized, hierarchical management rather than restricting configuration to a single local device. Option D (Automatic hardware replacement) is not a Device Groups feature; hardware replacement/RMA is handled through device onboarding and licensing workflows, not through Device Group membership.

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Local-only access

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Automatic hardware replacement

Question 19

Which TWO methods can be used to identify traffic using App-ID when port-based rules are insufficient?

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Behavioral analysis of the traffic flow.. Option A is correct because App-ID can identify applications through behavioral analysis, observing session characteristics such as packet timing, payload sizes, and flow patterns to distinguish applications that cannot be reliably separated by port alone. Option C is correct because App-ID relies on Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) signatures that match application-specific protocol patterns and payload content, which is exactly how it identifies traffic when port-based rules are insufficient. Options B, D, and E do not belong: IP address reputation filtering and MAC address filtering identify hosts or devices rather than applications, and URL filtering categories classify web destinations rather than the application generating the traffic.

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IP address reputation filtering.

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MAC address filtering.

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URL filtering categories.

Question 20

Which TWO ways can an administrator verify that a security subscription is active?

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Via the Device > Licenses GUI page.. Option A is correct because the Device > Licenses GUI page in PAN-OS displays the installed licenses and their status, allowing an administrator to confirm whether the security subscription is active. Option E is correct because the CLI command 'show system license' outputs the current license state, including subscription validity and expiration dates. Option B is incorrect because the physical serial number label only identifies the firewall hardware and does not indicate license or subscription status. Option C is incorrect because Traffic Logs record session activity, not licensing state. Option D is incorrect because pinging the license server only tests network reachability and does not verify that the subscription itself is active.

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By reviewing the firewall's physical serial number label.

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By checking the Traffic Logs.

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By pinging the license server.